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A team of RAIB inspectors was despatched to the accident site. [26] A formal investigation into the accident was opened on 22 October. [27] The RAIB's initial inspection of the track found evidence of low wheel/rail adhesion, and they stated that the possibility the train may have suffered wheel slide while braking would be investigated. [12]
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 crash happened before 4:30 a.m. on the railroad tracks near the intersection of S.C. 16/Sunset Drive and Phillips Street, police said. That’s in downtown Columbia, near the Prisma Health ...
April 21, 2024 – A BNSF train collided with an empty coal car, dealing two locomotives and five freight cars, in Bennet, Nebraska. At first framed as an accident, it was later found that a 17-year-old railfan intentionally "flipped a switch the wrong way” to cause the derailment, his motive being YouTube fame.
The train’s engineer and conductor were uninjured in the crash. The driver’s death is the 35th traffic fatality of the year, compared to 22 fatalities at this time last year.
NJ Transit said 42 people were on board at the time of the crash, and 23 of those riders were hurt with non-life-threatening injuries. The remaining 19 passengers on the train were transported ...
The train derailed due to excessive speed on a curve and collided with an MBTA Commuter Rail train at Back Bay station. RAR-92-01: July 31, 1991 Silver Star: Lugoff, South Carolina: Derailment 8 77 The train derailed due to a set of switch points moving under the train. RAR-93-02: April 29, 1992 Colonial: Newport News, Virginia: Grade crossing 1 54
At least 36 people were killed and 85 injured after a passenger train in Greece collided with an oncoming freight train on Tuesday night. Officials said the incident took place near the city of ...