Loredo v. CSX Transportation, Inc.

ELMORE, Judge.

This action arises out of a collision between an Amtrak train and a motor vehicle at a railroad grade crossing located off of Hillsborough Street between Raleigh and Cary. The crossing runs over two main line railroad tracks and provides access to two businesses located on the other side of the tracks. At approximately 4:34 p.m. on the afternoon of 25 April 1998, Victoria Torres was driving a van with her two children as passengers, Henry and Jazmine Loredo, when she attempted to cross over the tracks and was struck by the approaching train. Ms. Torres and Henry were killed by…