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Re: Possible train part hits car in Palo Alto
Author: M. Harris
Date: 10-11-2012 - 16:14

Whatever that chunk is, it was moving at high speed from the left. The driver did not back into something, or the broken edges of the part would not be deeply embedded in the sheet metal of the car. Another clue is the "R" in Chevrolet. In a backing accident it's not likely that "R" would still be there. Third clue is the relative material strengths. Auto sheet metal is much flimsier than the heavy casting portion of the mystery object. In a backing accident, a part as strong-looking as the broken casting would be unlikely to break apart and embed that deeply into the car. Finally, there are no other broken fragments of the casting in evidence in the vehicle, and no bumper abrasions at all.

Forensics can be fun. I wonder what really happened?

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Subject Written By Date/Time (PST)
  Possible train part hits car in Palo Alto Hutch 7.62 10-10-2012 - 18:30
  Re: Possible train part hits car in Palo Alto Jim Bacon 10-10-2012 - 19:15
  Re: Possible train part hits car in Palo Alto Web links to the actual part 10-10-2012 - 21:13
  Re: Possible train part hits car in Palo Alto M. Harris 10-11-2012 - 16:14
  Caltrain confirms part Hutch 7.62 10-11-2012 - 17:54
  Re: Caltrain confirms part WTF, over?! 10-11-2012 - 22:56
  Answer for WTF, over OPRRMS 10-12-2012 - 00:28
  Re: Caltrain confirms part WTF, over?! 10-12-2012 - 01:40
  Link to Tony's video OPRRMS 10-12-2012 - 16:36


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