The non-profit organization Operation Lifesaver is supporting an informational campaign to promote safety around trains.
Curtis Stewart is the group’s state coordinator for Michigan. He says it’s dangerous for people to idle on train tracks.
“about every three hours in the United States, someone is injured or killed by a train. That's every three hours, and it's all preventable, because you have to be near or on the tracks to get hit by a train.”
Stewart says people should stay behind railroad crossing gates and avoid trespassing on the tracks. He says every crossing should also have blue sign with a 1-800 phone number to call if someone is stuck at a crossing or if there’s any other emergency.
