Wednesday, February 4, 2009

Leads #3

Yesterday at 1:30 p.m., an Amtrak train called the Colonial near Chase, Md. collided with three Conrail locomotives on a switch that merges four tracks into two. The amtrak was hit by the Conrail, when it ran the stop sign, while going northbound.

1 comment:

  1. Don't start with your lead with the "when" or "where" of a story. Start with the most important and interesting info, generally the "what" and/or "who" of the story.

    In your second sentence, it's not clear which train ran the stop sign. Capitalize Amtrak.

    8/10

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