EMPHASIS: Troop C To Participate In Operation Lifesaver Positive Enforcement Activities

Captain Ronald S. Johnson, commanding officer of Troop C, Weldon Spring, announces on May 15, 2012, Troop C will be working with members of the Missouri Operation Lifesaver program in St Louis City and St. Louis County to raise the awareness level for railroad crossing safety and trespass prevention. This will be accomplished by Operation Lifesaver team members visiting with motorists briefly in advance of certain railroad crossings. Team members will be reminding drivers about railroad safety tips as they approach crossings throughout the county.

Operation Lifesaver team members will consist of troopers with the Missouri State Highway Patrol, local law enforcement agencies, Union Pacific Railroad, Norfolk Southern, BNSF Railway, Metro St Louis, Missouri Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration, and Operation Lifesaver volunteers.

Over the past two years, eleven crossing crashes have occurred in St. Louis and St. Louis County, resulting in one fatality and twenty-five injuries (24 passengers on Metro Train). In addition, during the same time frame, six trespass incidents have resulted in two fatalities and four injuries.

For more information on Operation Lifesaver, contact Rick Mooney, Missouri Operation Lifesaver state coordinator, at 573-634-4113 (office) or 573-230-3284 (cell). For additional information or statistics, please visit the state website at www.ShowMeOL.org or the national website at www.oli.org.

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