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1963 Chualar bus crash, Chualar, California; 32 killed plus 25 injured. Remains the deadliest U.S. traffic accident to date and California's deadliest to involve a train; also one of a series of events that led to closer scrutiny of migrant labor conditions and fueled the emergence of the chicano and farmworkers labor movements [179] [180]
Thirty-four people died in the streetcar while another fifty, some on the streetcar and others in the surrounding area, were injured. [1] [5] According to the National Safety Council’s report two days after the crash, it was the largest death toll from a motor vehicle collision, surpassing the 29 people killed in a 1940 Texas train-truck collision. [6]
March 17, 2008 – BNSF Railway Dash 9-44CW 981 strikes a truck, causing 3 locomotives to derail 5 miles north of Marysville, Washington. [11] November 20, 2008 – An eastbound Metrolink train scrapes the side at the rear of a BNSF freight train that is entering a siding near Rialto, California. Neither train derails, and only minor injuries ...
CHANNAHON, Ill. — Two people are in custody after a police chase involving a tow truck wanted for homicide in Chicago ended in the south suburbs on Friday afternoon, police said. According to ...
Three people, of which two were police officers and one a firefighter, were injured when a garbage truck exploded in a Chicago suburb last Friday.. The police officers and firefighter were ...
A Chicago man who allegedly left the scene of a multi-car crash on Interstate 94 earlier this year was arrested last week. Karris A. Turner, 35, was charged with leaving the scene of a personal ...
June 6 – Saudi Arabia – An accident involving a bus and a truck on a highway between Riyadh and Al-Qassim killed 15 people and injured 60. [212] June 7 – United States – Kalamazoo bicycle crash. A pickup truck crashed into a group of cyclists, killing five and injuring four. July 19 – Taiwan – Taoyuan bus fire. A tour bus caught ...
The motorist, who was the sole occupant of the vehicle, was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash, reported about 4:25 a.m., police said. By around 5 a.m., most of the flames were out, news ...