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Marie Mevil didn’t think twice about driving over the train tracks.

Her Pompano Beach home was less than 10 minutes away. She had dropped her daughter off at the airport and then stopped to send money to a friend in her native Haiti. Her 1-year-old grandson, Carson, was nestled in his car seat.

She was about to cross over the railroad tracks at Northeast Third Street and North Dixie Highway when the car in front of her stopped for a red light. A railroad crossing arm came down with a thud on top of her Nissan Rogue before she even realized a train was speeding toward her.

She was trapped.

The 71-year-

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