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The position of the bus when it was hit by the train. The driver was unaware that the position of her bus was unsafe. As with most transportation crashes, there were other conditions present that created an environment in which this type of collision could occur. These causes take root in the history of the road, the railroad, and the crossing.
By the time the engineer saw the bus, there wasn't enough time for the brakes to slow down the train. [2] The ensuing collision killed 24 on the bus, including Silcox. 15 students managed to survive the crash, but with serious injuries. It is the worst railroad crossing accident involving a school bus in U.S. history. [3]
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]
A charter bus passenger sat as rescue personnel worked around her after the bus was hit by a CSX train at the Main Street crossing on March 7, 2017, in Biloxi, Mississippi.
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]
One student was killed and two other individuals were injured after an East Texas school bus was hit by a train on Friday, authorities said.
At least 55 people were hurt, two seriously, when a Metro light rail train and a University of Southern California shuttle bus collided Tuesday along a busy thoroughfare in downtown Los Angeles ...
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]