Lifesaving work of Angels on Track

March 19, 1999
Web posted at: 5:14 p.m. EST (2214 GMT)

Not all railroad crossings have safety devices such as gates and lights VIDEO REPORT CNN's Ed Garsten profiles a family who established a foundation to make crossings safer Windows Media 28K 80K

CANAL FULTON, Ohio (CNN) -- The dangers lurking on the railroad tracks in some communities may be held in place by bureaucratic red tape.

Bureaucracy can hold up funding for safety installations up to a year -- leaving residents vulnerable at crossings where lights and gates could save lives.

Between January and October last year, 359 people died in accidents at railroad crossings, according to the federal government.

A couple who won millions of dollars in a lawsuit against Conrail after their son died in a crash at a crossing are using that money to help Ohio counties pay for safety upgrades.

Watch this report to find out more about the work of the Angels on Track Foundation.

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