Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Rail accidents like this are actually relatively common in the US, although the consequences are seldom so dramatic. The Bureau of Transportation Statistics records 54,539 train derailments ...
The cause of the crash was a track switch failure which caused the moving train to crash into the parked train on the same track. Thirty-one people were injured. [178] 28 September India – In Mathura, a MEMU train collided with a buffer at Mathura Junction railway station while the driver was drunk and watching his phone. The driver also put ...
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]
The derailment also disrupted Amtrak passenger rail service between Minot, North Dakota, and Havre, Montana. No injuries were reported. [30] January 22, 2014 – A BNSF train transporting 18 empty intermodal rail cars derails inside the Lindenwood Yard in St. Louis, Missouri. No injuries were reported and the derailment was cleared the same day ...
The recent Ohio train derailment, in which carriages from a 150-car freight liner carrying toxic chemicals crashed off the tracks in the town of East Palestine, is just one of more than a dozen ...
For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us
She has been interviewed on various news outlets regarding the issue, from independent media [165] to national networks. [ 166 ] [ 167 ] A few weeks later, Brockovich traveled to East Palestine, Ohio where she was interviewed by local media, and appeared at one of several high-profile town hall meetings on Friday night, Feb. 24th. [ 168 ]
Passengers climbed off after seeing sparks in a coach and were hit by a passing train