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The border community's name is locational, being a portmanteau of the "Tenn." and "Ga." state abbreviations. [1]On March 28, 2000, Tennga was the site of a collision between Murray County School District school bus number 98-08 and a 33-car southbound CSX freight train led by GE C40-8 7580, which resulted in the deaths of three children at a railroad crossing. [2]
March 24 – United States – Gilchrest Road, New York crossing accident: a school bus was struck by a freight train at a level crossing in Rockland County, New York, near the New York City suburbs of Congers and Valley Cottage, killing five students. The bus driver was convicted of negligent homicide and sentenced to probation; the accident ...
Long Journey Back is a 1978 made-for-TV coming-of-age drama film based on the Gilchrest Road, New York crossing accident in which a Nyack High School bus was struck and sliced down the middle by a train, killing 5 people and injuring more than 40 others.
An express passenger train derailed due to the movement of a switch blade on a set of points after its bolts had been removed and the blade had not been clamped. Seventeen people were injured. [114] [115] July 21 – Pakistan – A train crashed into a bus on a level crossing in Lodhran; 38 people were believed dead. [116]
1955 Spring City School bus-train collision, Spring City, Tennessee; 11 killed plus many injured [161] [162] 1956 Redondo Junction train wreck, Los Angeles, California; 30 killed plus 117 injured. California's deadliest rail disaster (not involving an automobile) was one of the first to have its aftermath broadcast live [163] [164] [165]
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1 February 1964 – A train hit a bus near Paraná. 20 killed and 16 injured. [3] 10 January 1965 – Near La Plata a bus was hit by a train. Eight killed and twenty-nine injured [4] 31 October 1984 – San Justo level crossing disaster: at least 48 people died and 16 were injured when a local bus was hit by a commuter train. [5]
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