HOUSTON -- For the second day in a row, a METRORail train was involved in an accident, News2Houston reported. It's also the third accident in four days for a light-rail train.

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Officials said the accident happened at the intersection of Main Street at McGowen near downtown around 2:35 p.m. when the driver of a minivan made an illegal left-hand turn in front of the approaching train, according to authorities. The train was traveling at approximately 20 mph when it hit the minivan.

"(I) didn't see it. (I) didn't think (about) it. (I) didn't pay attention to it," said Quyen Lu, the minivan driver.

No one was injured.

Approximately 50 passengers were on board the train.

"I heard (the engineer) say, 'Oh, no.' Then he put on the brakes," said Thorn Dobbins, a passenger.

"(It was) my first time on the rail. And I kind of had a feeling that something was going to happen. It had happened too many times this week," said Taylor Crosby, a passenger. "I won't be getting back on (METRORail). Everybody at home that's going to try to ride it to the Super Bowl -- good luck to y'all. I hope you don't have a bad experience like I did."

It's the 11th accident involving a METRORail train since the system began operating in November.

METRO officials remind drivers to obey all traffic signals and signs, especially involving left-hand turns.

Miguel Rodriguez is a METRO police officer. He said he sees drivers violating the traffic rules every day. He believes inattentive drivers and pedestrians are the problem.

"It's the first thing they say -- 'Well, I didn't see the sign.' And pedestrians, they say -- 'Well, nobody was coming. The train wasn't coming.' They think it's OK," Rodriguez said.

Light-rail opponents said the system is confusing.

"Perhaps signage, perhaps it's lighting, perhaps it's timing, perhaps it's speed, perhaps it's a little bit of everything," said Edd Hendee, a rail opponent.

During the busy Super Bowl weekend, METRO will have extra officers on duty. If the crowds get too large, the trains may be shut down.

"If we get to a point where the crowds are such that it's not safe to operate rail, we will discontinue operating rail," METRO Police Chief Thomas Lambert said.

Could METRO do more to prevent accidents?

In an exclusive News2Houston Flashpoll, SurveyUSA asked approximately 500 Houstonians, "Is METRO doing everything it can to prevent accidents between automobiles and METRORail trains?"

Fifty-two percent thought the city could do more, while 37 percent said METRO was doing enough. Another 11 percent were not sure.