LINTON, Ind. (AP) - Crews are installing crossing arms and
flashing red lights at three rural railroad crossings in southern
Indiana following a woman's plea for safety work at the site where
her great-grandson was killed last year.

Six-year-old Christopher Perez died when the car he was riding
in was hit by a train at a Greene County crossing. Teddi Harmon of
Linton says she heard at his funeral about many narrow escapes at
that and other nearby crossings, which were only one-lane wide,
with steep grades and only stop signs.

Harmon then wrote to the Indiana Department of Transportation,
asking for crossing signals.

Highway department spokeswoman Valerie Cockrum says the
crossings' accident history was a factor in deciding to go ahead
with the $610,000 project.

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