Train hits wounded veterans parade in Texas; 4 killed, 17 hurt

I may only be speculating here but this sounds to me like all the blame should fall on one mans shoulders...the guy driving the truck/float. Was he asleep? 119 years old?

How did you know the guy driving the truck was 119 years old? I read the article a couple of times and didn't notice anything about the truck drivers age.

Sorry, it just dawned on me that you were being sarcastic.

To fekin early in the morning to be reading this crap.

LMAO! guess you didn't notice the '?'.
Certainly wasn't meaning to make light of it, but whoever was driving that thing must've been deaf, old, half-asleep, completely oblivious, drunk, or some combination of those.

BTW Freakinoldguy, Thanks for the laugh on this long Friday morning.

R.I.P. to the deceased, and to those wounded, get well soon!

I find it strange that they reported this morning that the crossing gate and lights were working but it may have been the train crew's fault. If these things were working, what was the float doing on the tracks?

Even if they were not working, how could it be the train crews fault? They should have taken the train off the tracks, I guess, because lights didn't (or more, may or may not have) work? How were they supposed to know?
You ALWAYS check the tracks before you cross...

Exactly the point I was making, whether the lights worked or not, what was the guy driving doing going over train tracks with a train coming?