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The collision killed Monorail Purple's pilot, 21-year-old Austin Wuennenberg of Kissimmee, Florida. [1] One employee and six guests who were also on the trains were treated at the scene and released. [2] The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and park officials inspected the monorail line. The monorail reopened on July 6, 2009 ...
The line from Tavares to Orlando was charted as the Tavares, Orlando & Atlantic Railroad Company (TO&A) in 1881. Construction began in Tavares in 1882 and the 5 ft (1,524 mm) broad gauge line reached Orlando, 32 miles, via Lake Jem, Zellwood, Plymouth and Apopka in 1884. The TO&A negotiated an agreement with the St. Johns & Lake Eustis (StJ&LE ...
Crash ultimately doomed Wisconsin's only rapid transit line [156] 1950 Kew Gardens train crash, New York City; 78 killed plus hundreds injured in deadliest surface rail accident in New York. [157] 1951 Woodbridge train wreck, Woodbridge, New Jersey; ~85 killed plus hundreds injured. New Jersey's deadliest rail disaster to date [158] [159]
Palm Beach County Fire Rescue transported 12 people from the train to the hospital with minor injuries. Images posted on social media showed a mangled fire truck lying next to the train tracks.
Delray Beach Police officers are seen at the scene of a wreckage, after a Brightline passenger train collided with a fire truck on rail tracks in Delray Beach, Florida, U.S. December 28, 2024.
A Missouri family has been awarded $310 million in damages after their 14-year-old son was killed riding a freefall amusement park ride in Florida in 2022.
She was killed in a car crash when she accepted a ride from a drunk driver. Dorothy Cann Hamilton: 1949 2016 67 years American chef and businesswoman car Litchfield County, Connecticut [179] William Hamilton: 1939 2016 76 years American cartoonist car Lexington, Kentucky: Drove his car through a stop sign and was struck by a pickup truck. [180 ...
The Atlantic Coast Line designated the line from Leesburg to Astor as the SC Branch and the line from Fort Mason to Lane Park as the SD Branch. The line from Leesburg to Tavares would also be known as the Leesburg Branch, which continued east to Sanford along the former Sanford and Lake Eustis Railway (also owned by the Atlantic Coast Line). [2]