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1973 Littlefield, Texas bus/train crash; 7 killed plus 16 injured [195] [196] 1974 Decatur tank car explosion, Decatur, Illinois; 7 killed plus hundreds injured [197] [198] 1976 1976 Beckemeyer train accident, 12 killed and four injured. 1976 New Canaan Branch collision, New Canaan, Connecticut; 2 killed plus 29 injured [186] [199]
March 30, 2023 – A BNSF train carrying ethanol and corn syrup derailed in Raymond, Minnesota, near Minneapolis. The train caught fire but no injuries were reported. [37] Sunday, October 15 – southbound coal freight train derailed, partially destroyed the rail bridge over Interstate 25 north of Pueblo, Colorado. Driver of semi truck passing ...
February 24 – United States – Waverly tank car explosion, Waverly, Tennessee: A Louisville and Nashville Railroad freight train derailed; one tank car containing liquefied petroleum gas exploded two days later, killing 16 people and injuring 43. Numerous buildings in downtown Waverly were destroyed or damaged by the blast and resulting fires.
Around 1 p.m., authorities carried a body bag containing the woman’s corpse out of the train and placed it on a gurney. Then they wheeled it over to a medical examiner van and moved it inside.
Around 4:00am on August 23, 1987, the bodies of 16-year-old Don Henry and 17-year-old Kevin Ives were hit by a freight train in the town of Alexander, Arkansas, United States, as they were lying on the tracks. The locomotive engineer engaged the brakes while blowing the horn, but the train could not stop in time and rolled over the bodies.
101 bodies yet to be identified and 200 injured receiving treatment, officials say. 06:08, Shweta Sharma. A top railway official has said 101 dead bodies are yet to be identified and out of 1,100 ...
A fire of unknown cause took place in a passenger car. RAR-83-03: April 3, 1983 Crescent: Rockfish, Virginia: Derailment 0 24 The train derailed due to debris from a landslide. RAR-83-10 July 28, 1983 State House: Wilmington, Illinois: Grade crossing 0 21 The train struck a delivery truck at the grade crossing. RAR-84-02 November 12, 1983 Eagle ...
The tracks are adjacent to a lake and park that features hiking trails and other amenities. The railroad bridge carries the tracks over Accotink Creek. Police said their investigation is ongoing.