Two Commuter Trains Crash and Send 60 to the Hospital During the evening rush hour Friday, two commuter trains serving New York City collided in Fairfield, Conn., with 60 people sent to local hospitals, according to the Associated Press. Five…
Train Collides With Paint Truck In N.J., Injuring 10 People
Ten people were injured Wednesday when a tractor-trailer transporting a load of paint was struck by a commuter train in Little Falls, N.J., according to The Record. http://www.northjersey.com/littlefalls/Train_strikes_vehicle_in_Little_Falls.html Truck driver Jaswinder Singh was attempting to make a left turn from…
Truck Driver In Texas Parade Train Crash Won’t Be Charged
West Texas police have decided not to file any charges against the driver of a parade float, carrying veterans, that was struck by a train, killing four ex-servicemen, according to the Los Angeles Times. http://www.latimes.com/news/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-police-no-charges-against-driver-in-texas-train-crash-20121207,0,5043575.story What’s perplexing to me is…
Four Killed When Train Hits Float With Wounded Vets
Investigators are trying to determine what happened, how a parade float carrying wounded veterans and their wives was struck by a train at a crossing in Midland, Texas, killing four of the vets Thursday afternoon. According to ABC News, at…
California Train and Truck Crash, Injuring 20 Passengers
At least 20 passengers were injured Monday when a tractor-trailer struck an Amtrak train in the Central Valley region of California, derailing several of its cars, according to the Associated Press. http://news.yahoo.com/least-20-injured-california-train-crash-205833933.html The train, carrying 169 passengers in all, wasn’t…
Train Crashes Into Stuck Van In Wisconsin, No One Injured
A train crashed into a van in Delafield, Wis., on Saturday but miraculously no one was injured in the accident, according to WISN.com. http://www.wisn.com/news/south-east-wisconsin/waukesha/Rescue-crews-respond-to-train-vs-van-crash/-/10150328/16616876/-/amcigiz/-/index.html?absolute=true Rescue crews responded to the scene, which was on Highway KE at the Glacier Road intersection,…
Conductor Suspected In Train Crash That Killed 10 In Germany
A goods-train driver was under investigation for involuntary manslaughter in the deaths of 10 people in a train crash in Germany. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-12328426 The goods-train struck a passenger train in the fog near Hordorf Saturday night. The conductor of the passenger train was among…
Three Men Die In Norway Train Accident
Three dock workers were killed in Norway Wednesday when 16 runaway train cars careened down a hill for three miles at a port on the outskirts of Oslo. http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5igERKDDvVX7IX54V2NwB9vuNn9FQD9ELL07G0 The empty cargo cars cut detached from a train, finally crashing…
Engineer invited teen to operate locomotive
Date: 3/3/2009 By KEVIN FREKING and DAISY NGUYENAssociated Press Writers WASHINGTON (AP) — A commuter train engineer text messaged a promise to a teenage railroad fan — “I’m gonna do all the radio talkin’ … ur gonna run the locomotive”…
Train engineer texted 22 seconds before LA crash
Date: 10/1/2008 10:07 PM By DAISY NGUYENAssociated Press Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) _ A commuter train engineer sent a cell phone text message 22 seconds before his commuter train crashed head-on into freight train in Southern California last month, killing…