Walker v. St. Louis-Southwestern Railway Co.

GARY M. GAERTNER, Judge.

Appellants, the surviving spouse and the minor child of decedent, Randy S. Walker, appeal a grant of summary judgment in favor of respondent, St. Louis-Southwestern Railway Co., in their suit for wrongful death. We affirm.

On February 28, 1986, at approximately 7:30 p.m., decedent drove his 1976 Chevrolet Nova onto the Randall’s Railroad Crossing in Scott County. The crossing contains two tracks, a siding track on the West side, *471and a main line track on the East side. Both tracks curve toward the West at the crossing. At the time decedent’s car approached from the East,…