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The response was fast. A signalman from the nearby tower went east and used flares to stop a westbound freight while a brakeman from the Zephyr climbed out a window after the crash and went west to flag a following local passenger train. The fire department, police, and townspeople (along with a Boy Scout troop) quickly began giving aid. Police ...
On August 26, 1991, 41-year-old Mary T. Wojtyla, (née Walch), [5] of Chicago, was fatally hit by a Metra commuter train headed by a leased Burlington Northern Railroad EMD E9 locomotive no. 9912 at the Fairview Avenue station in Downers Grove, Illinois, United States.
Pages in category "Railway accidents and incidents in Illinois" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total. ... Downers Grove train wreck; F.
One person, a 72-year-old Downers Grove woman aboard the train, was ejected from the first car and killed. At least four people were injured, including the train engineer and a conductor. The driver and two passengers of the truck had escaped prior to the impact and were not injured. The preliminary NTSB report was issued June 15, 2022. [5]
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A 2019 Toyota Camry crashed into a Garden Grove house at 1:55 a.m. Sunday, May 12, police told KCAL. The crash killed 40-year-old Janet Carrillo, who was inside the home. The crash killed 40-year ...
Garden Grove police said they later detained the driver. One of the children was taken in critical condition to a local trauma center. Garden Grove police said they later detained the driver.
1833 Hightstown rail accident, Hightstown, New Jersey; two killed plus 15 injured. Earliest recorded train accident involving the death of passengers. [1] [2] 1837 Suffolk head-on collision, Suffolk, Virginia; 3 killed plus dozens injured. Later in the year, a second accident resulted in ten injuries, with two of them ultimately dying. [3]