Loughnan v. Hines

Citations

• 117 Wash. 166
• 200 P. 1086
• 1921 Wash. LEXIS 1018

Syllabus

<p>Railroads (66) — Accident at Crossing — Contributory Negligence — Failure to. Control Speed op Truck. A truck driver, killed as the result of a collision with a passenger train on a country road crossing, was guilty of contributory negligence barring recovery for his death, where the evidence showed his familiarity with the crossing, its surroundings and attendant dangers; that there was a zone of safety before reaching the track of thirty to thirty-five feet, within which he could have seen the approaching train free of all obstruction to his view, and within which he could have stopped his truck; that he failed to heed a warning given by a section foreman, but continued his course without effort to control the speed of the truck until he had passed onto the crossing, when it was too late to do other than try to speed it up in an effort to save himself.</p>