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At about 7:20 a.m., the two trains collided while traversing a section of single track line known as "Dutchman's Curve" west of downtown Nashville, in the present-day neighborhood of Belle Meade. The trains were each traveling at an estimated 50 to 60 mph (80 to 100 km/h). The impact derailed them both, and destroyed several wooden cars.
The lobby of the local post office filled with dead and wounded, hysterical women and children looking for relatives and friends, surgeons administering temporary relief and ambulances racing through the city, taking the wounded to hospitals, were the early intimation of the accident. The scene of the accident was at a point about 2 miles (3.2 ...
The derailment was the first accident involving passenger fatalities in Metro-North's 30-year history, [43] and its first accident in New York involving any fatalities since a 1988 collision in Mount Vernon that killed one crew member. [44] It was the deadliest train accident within New York City since a 1991 subway derailment in Manhattan. [45]
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A Binghamton man was killed Sunday in a one-car crash in Chemung County, New York State Police said. According to Wellsburg-based troopers, a Chevrolet Malibu driven by Isiah J. Montgomery, 29 ...
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The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office is investigating a fatal crash that happened in the Town of Ixonia on Friday morning, Sept. 20.
The Malbone Street wreck occurred on Friday, November 1, 1918, at 6:42 p.m., during the end-of-week rush hour, and involved about 650 passengers. [1] The elevated train, consisting of five cars constructed primarily of wood, entered the tunnel portal beneath Malbone Street, going toward the Prospect Park station, [2] [3] negotiating a reverse curve designated to be taken at 6 mph (10 km/h) at ...