Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Close Call with Canadian Tourist Whose Car Got Stranded on a Railroad Crossing in Old Orchard Beach, ME, Police Say. - BRIEF


According to a police report, 80-year-old Francois Truffaut was trapped in his stalled car on railroad tracks in Old Orchard Beach, ME, today.

James Laboke noticed the stalled car and reported it to police. According to Laboke, the man appeared to be unconscious, the car doors were locked. Laboke pounded on the window, but the driver remained slumped over the wheel. 

Janet Paradiso, captain of the town police force, was in her cruiser about a mile away from the railroad crossing. She arrived at the scene just five minutes before the train was due. “I knew there was no time. I had to do something,” Paradiso said.

Brian Paul, chief of police in Old Orchard Beach, and Paradiso rammed a police cruiser into Trufgfaut’s Cadillac and pushed it from the tracks.

A diabetic, Truffaut may have gone into insulin shock as he reached the railroad crossing.  He was listed in stable condition.

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