Omaha driver’s wheel damaged by gap in railroad crossing; UP repairs hazard after First Alert 6 inquiry

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) – An Omaha car owner says he unexpectedly drove over a hazard at a railroad crossing that caused damage to his vehicle.

A First Alert 6 investigation found the gap still open more than three days later — and prompted a same-day repair.

The hazard

Rick Correa was driving over the Gilmore Avenue railroad crossing on a dark, cloudy Monday morning when his right front tire dropped into a gap that had developed between a pair of concrete panels in the crossing.

“So at this point I heard this big bam,” Correa said…

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