Train ruins motor home in collision near San Francisco

According to multiple Twitterers, including journalists and emergency services in the San Francisco Bay Area, a Union Pacific train collided with a motor vehicle in Burlingame, Calif., Friday night.

@deancsmith, a local televisionographer, sent Breaking Tweets this TwitPic of the destroyed RV after the crash:



The San Mateo County Fire Dispatch provided the first tweet on the accident.

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   FireDispatchSMC Traffic accident - train, BROADWAY/CALIFORNIA DR ,BRM (04/24/09 19:38:21) 25 Apr 2009 from web

One Twitterer was on board another Bay Area train service, Caltrain, and tweeted about unusual delays. He soon learned the reason and provided a feel for being on the tracks.

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   DeusXMachina Awesome. Random train delays and cryptic explanations over the PA system. 25 Apr 2009 from TwitterBerry
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   DeusXMachina Spoke too soon. Apparently my train is delayed because the train up the tracks hit a truck. No idea how long I'll be here. 25 Apr 2009 from TwitterBerry
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   DeusXMachina Ooh, ooh! Let's all look out the window as our train crawls past the tragedy. My species makes me ill. 25 Apr 2009 from TwitterBerry

Twitterers in the area, including journalists, provided additional information.

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   sebastiankunz UPDATE: Train hits motorhome in Burlingame at Broadway Ave Crossg. intersection as well as Caltrain service will be significantly delayed 25 Apr 2009 from TweetDeck
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   mtgarton Bummer, freight train hit a car in Burlingame tonight : ( @caltrain 25 Apr 2009 from mobile web
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   jennyzhu @mtgarton hopefully no one was hurt! i hopped off at the burlingame stop, but @jasoncr was on the train 25 Apr 2009 from web
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   Zhanna Freight train collided with an RV stuck on the tracks at Burlingame's Broadway station. No one hurt, thankfully. http://twitpic.com/3y1iq 25 Apr 2009 from Tweetie
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   bradbelstock Wait until you see this train accident in Burlingame. No one got hurt, but the pictures make you think differently. 25 Apr 2009 from web

Train ruins motor home in collision near San Francisco