Patch Poll: Which Decatur Rail Crossing Is The Most Dangerous?

Driving over railroad crossings is a fact of life in Decatur -- as is the lingering fear that someday, somehow a car and a train will collide.

On Friday afternoon, this fear came true. A train struck the rear end of a Lexus at the South McDonough Street crossing.

The Twitter world went crazy for an hour or so, fuled by the proximity of the tracks to several schools. (No matter that Decatur schools were out last week for winter break.)

In reality, nobody was killed. The 76-year-old driver complained of pain and was taken to the hospital. A juvenile passenger was not hurt.

So far, Decatur police have not revealed details about what caused the accident to happen.

Patch will try to find out more, but until then we want to know what you think about the accident.

Which of Decatur's three rail crossings do you consider the most dangerous? And if you have ideas for making things safer, put your thoughts into the comment box at the bottom.