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November 15 – United States – Canadian National train E243 running from Flat Rock, Michigan to Flint, Michigan collided with another CN train, L533 (bound for Detroit), at the Andersonville Siding on CN's Holly Subdivision in Michigan. The engineer and conductor on E243 were killed. [citation needed]
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 ]
A police spokesperson said the train sounded its horn before the three victims were hit around 5 p.m. local time on Tuesday, Jan. 7 3 Men Found Dead on Train Tracks 6 Hours After They Were Hit ...
April 12 – United States – A head-end collision of a work train and a through freight train occurred near Pineville, Kentucky killing two. [9] [10]May 26 - United States - “Electric cars racing for a switch while running in opposite directions, at the rate of 40 miles per hour (64 km/h), cost five lives in the afternoon by a terrific collision, in which over forty prominent people were ...
The fatal incident happened around 5:05 p.m., killing one person, according to a Union Pacific spokesperson.
The ambulance taking him to the hospital was blocked for 20 minutes by a train near his home in Woodhaven, Michigan. Had he gotten treatment sooner, his son believes he might have survived.
January 7 – United Kingdom – Welwyn Garden City rail crash: An Aberdeen–London express train passes a red signal in mist and collides with the rear of a slower-moving local train. One person is killed and 25 injured.