Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad v. Flintkote Co.

On October 29, 1962, at 3:04 p.m., a model 1956 International 10-wheel dump truck, loaded with 14% tons of gravel, collided with a Santa Fe passenger train at Katella Boulevard and the Santa Fe tracks in Orange County. The automatic signal light was flashing at the time of the collision, and the accident resulted from a failure of the truck’s brakes. The force of the impact resulted in a derailment of some of the passenger cars, causing them to “lay over” on a bridge approximately one-half mile down the tracks from the collision site. The truck driver and a passenger on the train were killed…