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A Conrail freight train collided with the Amtrak train. RAR-81-04: March 29, 1982 Benjamin Franklin: Bristol, Pennsylvania: Train collision 0 32 A locomotive sent to rescue the disabled train collided with it. RAR-82-05: June 15, 1982 San Francisco Zephyr: Emerson, Iowa: Derailment 1 27 The train derailed due to flooding of the tracks. RAR-83 ...
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 ]
January 14 – Ghana – An express train derailed between Accra and Kumasi, killing at least 21 people and injuring about 200. [10]January 19 – France – An RER A express train in Paris at Auber station crashed, killing one person and injuring 73 in a rear-end collision caused by the train driver misunderstanding a new signaling system installed only two days earlier.
A motorcycle rider is dead after crashing into a train early Friday in Augusta. The motorcycle was traveling east on the 600 block of Reynolds Street and struck a train that was heading south on ...
According to two news releases, police were notified of the accident at about 1:18 p.m., resulting in an investigation and rescue effort that also included the Western Lakes Fire District and ...
The crash happened Thursday evening near New Buffalo in Michigan's southwestern corner, about 70 miles (110 kilometers) east of Chicago. Chicago-bound Amtrak train derails after hitting empty ...
March 15 – United States – 1999 Bourbonnais, Illinois, train crash: The Amtrak City of New Orleans, traveling at approximately 80 miles per hour (130 km/h), slammed into a semi-trailer truck loaded with steel concrete reinforcing bar (rebar) at a grade crossing and derails. An ensuing fire set one Superliner sleeper car ablaze.
INDIANTOWN − Two people had minor injuries Thursday after a crash involving an Amtrak train and a semi-truck, according to Martin County Fire Rescue and the Martin County Sheriff’s Office.