(Source: Chicago Tribune, September 19, 2016)
CHICAGO — Due to investments in education, enforcement and better engineering, deaths at road-rail crossings have plummeted by more than 70 percent nationwide, from 816 in 1980 to 237 in 2015, according to Federal Railroad Administration statistics. But similar progress has not been seen for trespassing, which can mean walking along the rails, shooting train track selfies and taking shortcuts away from a marked gate.
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