Freda M. Bryan v. Norfolk and Western Railway Company, a Corporation

HANSEN, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff Freda M. Bryan appeals from the summary judgment the district court 2 entered against her in this wrongful death action. We affirm.

Early on the morning of March 18, 1993, Charles Bryan set off for work in Jonesburg, Missouri. He stopped at the home of John Wells, a co-worker with whom he often drove to work. On that morning, Mr. Wells did not accompany Mr. Bryan, so at 5:45 a.m., Mr. Bryan continued on alone. He drove west down the Wells’ driveway in his truck, turned north onto Massas Creek Road, and proceeded about 200 feet onto a grade crossing, where he was…