FREIGHT TRAIN STRIKES FARM TRACTOR, DRIVER WEARING HEADPHONES SALINAS, CA -- A farm tractor driver wearing headphones drove onto railroad tracks and was struck by a freight train. Jose Dorado-Mojarro, 38, was wearing a hood and headphones, preventing him from seeing or hearing the train when he drove the Kuboto tractor onto the tracks about 07:35 Tuesday. The tractor was traveling about 5 mph on a private dirt road north of San Jon Road and just east of Highway 183, the California Highway Patrol said. The Union Pacific freight train heading to San Luis Obispo from Oakland was approaching the railroad crossing between 45 and 50 mph, the CHP said. The train's engineer blew its horn, but the tractor continued toward the track. - The Associated Press, The San Diego Union-Tribune
