Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Fatal accidents on the Nürburgring motorsport race track in Nürburg, Germany during national and international motor-sport events on the 28.265 kilometres (17.563 mi) Gesamtstrecke ("Whole Course"), the 22.810 km (14.173 mi) Nordschleife ("Northern Loop"), the 7.747 km (4.814 mi) Südschleife ("Southern Loop") and the 2.281 km (1.417 mi) warm-up loop Zielschleife ("Finish Loop") or ...
September 21 – United States – Alton, Texas bus crash – A truck hit a school bus in Alton, Texas, and the bus fell into a caliche pit filled with water killing 21 students. [ 124 ] September 22 – Yugoslavia – At the level crossing in Pojatno , a passenger train on the Zagreb - Varaždin route, travelling at a speed of 80 km/h (49.7 ...
November 16 – China – Gansu school bus crash. A school bus collided head-on with a coal truck, killing 21. [109] December 1 – Philippines – A van slammed into a parked truck in Malungon, Sarangani, killing 13 and injuring five. [110] December 13 – China – A school bus fell into an irrigation canal in Jiangsu province, killing 15 and ...
A stretch of motorway has been closed after an accident involving a school bus. Emergency services were called on Friday after reports of an overturned coach on the northbound M53 near to junction ...
2016 – New York State Adirondack Trailways bus destroyed by brake fire. [citation needed] 2018 – 52 passengers died in 2018 Kazakhstan bus fire, all Uzbek migrants travelling to Russia. 2024 – 25 passengers died in 2024 Lam Luk Ka bus crash, school bus fire in Pathum Thani, Thailand.
A school bus at a stop light overextended onto railroad tracks and was struck by a Metra train. Bourbonnais train accident – 1999 – An Amtrak train collided with a semi-truck and derailed most of the train. 11 killed. Polk County, Tennessee – March 28, 2000 – 3 killed, CSX freight train strikes a school bus at an unsignalled crossing. [194]
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]
The school bus involved in the accident was a 71-passenger school bus built by American Transportation Company (which was acquired by Navistar International at the time of the accident), and was owned and operated by School Districts 47 and 155 through a Transportation Joint Agreement. At the time of the accident, 35 students were on board.