Crime & Safety
Ringling Bros. Circus Train Hits Car Stopped on Tracks
A performer was injured Thursday at a show in Fairfax; Monday night, a circus train hit a car stopped on railroad tracks.
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A Ringling Bros. Barnum & Bailey circus train carrying performers and animals struck a car stopped on the tracks Monday night just before midnight in Chesterfield County, south of Richmond.
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The driver, whose car was allegedly stopped on the tracks, was ticketed, according to several media reports.
The car was dragged about a half mile down the tracks, the Associated Press reported. The 22 year-old driver was transported to a local hospital with non-life threatening injuries, according to a report by WRIC.
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The circus just recently wrapped a string of performances in Northern Virginia.
A performer with the circus was injured Thursday at a show in Fairfax, at George Mason University's EagleBank Arena, during an "extreme cycling" act.
The circus train was headed Monday night from South Carolina to Massachusetts, according to a report by WTVR in Richmond.
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