LOREN BENOIT/PressWith a distance of less than 300 feet away, a truck hauling a trailer pushes its luck by crossing the tracks at the Prairie Avenue crossing in Post Falls as a train nears the intersection. Freight trains traveling 55 miles per hour take more than a mile to stop, which is why drivers are urged to stop in designated areas when railroad signals, flashers and gates indicate a train is approaching.

April 13, 2017