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The Rennert railroad accident occurred in Rennert, North Carolina, on December 16, 1943. Seventy four people were killed when the northbound Tamiami Champion, an Atlantic Coast Line Railroad passenger train, struck the rear two cars of its southbound counterpart, which had derailed. It remains the deadliest train wreck ever in North Carolina. [1]
Authorities on Monday reported an unnamed man’s death in a boating accident off the North Carolina coast. The man and two others who survived were thrown into the ocean after their boat hit a ...
The U.S. Coast Guard repels down to a mariner floating in open ocean off North Carolina's coast. The three people were all safely aboard the aircraft 30 minutes later, USCG said.
September 27 – United States – A car collided with two other vehicles in Highway 711 near Pembroke, North Carolina, killing seven and injuring one. [585] September 27 – United States – An SUV driver caused a four vehicle chain reaction crash in Highway 6 near Price, Utah, killing five and injuring one. [586]
1943 Rennert railroad accident, Rennert, North Carolina; 74 killed. North Carolina's deadliest rail disaster to date [136] [137] [138] 1944 Stockton train wreck, Stockton, Georgia; 47 killed plus 41 injured. State of Georgia's deadliest rail disaster to date [139] [140] 1944 "Tragedy on Election Day", Aguadilla, Puerto Rico; 16 killed plus 50 ...
An 80-year-old man died trying to drive through a flooded North Carolina road on Tuesday as the state dealt with a historic rainfall event, according to highway officials.
July 13 – United States – Cherryville, North Carolina, Seaboard Air Line trains #45 and #46 hit head-on on the east side of the city killing one person and destroying 6 locomotives and derailing 22 cars. July 15 – United Kingdom – Kingham, Oxfordshire. An express passenger train derailed due to the movement of a switch blade on a set of ...
RODANTHE, N.C. – A powerful coastal storm pounding the mid-Atlantic on Friday caused another home on the North Carolina Outer Banks to fall into the sea.. FOX Weather’s Robert Ray became ...