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A 15-year-old known for his optimism and positivity was killed after being struck by a freight train in Virginia, deputies say. The train struck Chris Asare-Budu shortly before 8 a.m. on Nov. 29 ...
A child and two adults walking on a railroad bridge were killed when they were struck by a train in northern Virginia, police said. Fairfax County Police say their preliminary investigation shows ...
Sgt. C.J. Aikens of the Virginia State Police said a 2019 Ford Transit van carrying four people was hit by the train at a crossing on private property. The three victims killed were ejected from ...
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.
The passenger train's engineer was killed and 33 passengers and 4 railwaymen were injured. [7] [8] March 1 – United States – Bakersfield, California – The Chicago-bound San Francisco Chief collided with a fuel truck on Allen Road, just north of Rosedale Highway, killing 14: ten passengers, three crew members, and the driver of the truck. [9]
A train belonging to The West Indian Fast Mail was stopped north of Monroe Junction, two of the men forced the fireman and train engineer, a man known only as Dumas, to stop the train. The other men attempted to enter the express car but were stopped by two men W. N. Saunders and I. M. Cox, Saunders was shot in the breast and later died.
Investigators in Arlington are trying to figure out why the man was on the tracks before his death. Man hit, killed by train on Arlington railroad tracks Tuesday morning, police say Skip to main ...
April 12 – United States – A head-end collision of a work train and a through freight train occurred near Pineville, Kentucky killing two. [9] [10]May 26 - United States - “Electric cars racing for a switch while running in opposite directions, at the rate of 40 miles per hour (64 km/h), cost five lives in the afternoon by a terrific collision, in which over forty prominent people were ...