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Head-on collision with two cars involved Standard wrong-way sign package used on all freeway off-ramps in the state of California to prevent head-on collisions [1]. A head-on collision is a traffic collision where the front ends of two vehicles such as cars, trains, ships or planes hit each other when travelling in opposite directions, as opposed to a side collision or rear-end collision.
Four killed in a head-on collision of freights near Pineola, Florida. Collision may have been averted had crews agreed to use new radios but refused to unless their pay was increased [168] 1958 Newark Bay rail accident, Bayonne, New Jersey; 48 killed plus 48 injured [169] [170] 1959 Meldrim trestle disaster, Meldrim, Georgia; 23 killed [171] [172]
The 2008 Chatsworth train collision occurred at 4:22:23 p.m. PDT (23:22:23 UTC) on September 12, 2008, when a Union Pacific Railroad freight train and a Metrolink commuter rail passenger train collided head-on in the Chatsworth neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, United States.
A head-on collision in Texas killed seven people and seriously injured two children Thursday, officials said. The crash occurred around 4:40 p.m. local time on FM 1433, about eight miles north of ...
November 20 – Pakistan – A head-on collision in Khairpur between a mini-bus and a truck killed at least 20 people and injured three. [241] December 14 – France – Perpignan crash. A train crashed into a school bus on a level crossing between Millas and Saint-Féliu-d'Amont in the Arrondissement of Perpignan, killing six students and ...
Shocking video showed the moment a speeding passenger train slammed into a Florida fire truck that drove past a warning gate onto the tracks, injuring 15 people, including three smoke eaters.
Rokken rail accident October 15 – Japan – Rokken rail accident: Two passenger trains collide head-on at Rokken; 40 people are killed and 98 injured, and three members of the engine crews are arrested for manslaughter. [91] October 18 – United States – Pineola, Florida: Head-on collision between two Atlantic Coast Line Railroad freight ...
It is also evidenced by a number of videos that have been posted on the internet showing the exact moment of wrong-way driving and subsequent head-on collisions. [4] In the United States, about 355 people are killed each year in crashes caused by drivers headed in the wrong direction on the highway.