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June 19 – United States – Custer Creek train wreck: Milwaukee Road's Olympian plunges into Custer Creek when a 25-year-old bridge, weakened by heavy rain, collapses; 47 people killed, many victims in a tourist sleeper that is submerged in 20 feet (6 m) of water for almost 36 hours. Some bodies recovered as far as 50 miles (80 km) downstream.
On 23 December 1966 at approximately 10:00am, a 65-year-old man and his 56 year old wife from Melbourne were killed when a train travelling from Parattah to Hobart ploughed into their station wagon at the Lampton Avenue level crossing in Derwent Park. The train carried the station wagon approximately 140 m (150 yards) past the level crossing.
1833 Hightstown rail accident, Hightstown, New Jersey; two killed plus 15 injured. Earliest recorded train accident involving the death of passengers. [1] [2] 1837 Suffolk head-on collision, Suffolk, Virginia; 3 killed plus dozens injured. Later in the year, a second accident resulted in ten injuries, with two of them ultimately dying. [3]
On 1 November 2024, at 11:52 CET, the station's 48-metre-long (157 ft) [27] concrete canopy collapsed onto people walking and sitting underneath. Fourteen people were killed on the scene of the accident, and three others were injured. The dead were Serbian citizens, except for one North Macedonian citizen. [28] [29]
June 6 - Indonesia - In West Java, a train carrying pine wood rolled over near Cukanghaur train station, killing a crew member of the train and the station master, and injuring seven people. [27] June 11 – United Kingdom – Eltham Well Hall rail crash: An excursion train took a bend at excessive speed and derailed at Eltham, London. The ...
22 August: Three teenagers died after being run over by a PNR train in Santa Mesa, Manila. [33] 9 October: An MRT Line 3 train caught fire near Guadalupe station. A provisional service was implemented between North Avenue and Shaw Boulevard station, and the site of the incident was declared fire out at 9:51 p.m. 8 passengers sustained minor ...
Feb. 28—SYRACUSE — A Syracuse man is dead after a train versus car crash which took place just before 1 p.m. Wednesday. At 12:59 p.m., Kosciusko County 911 Emergency Dispatch Center dispatched ...
On 19 December 1953, five people were killed and 748 injured when a Bankstown-bound train crashed into the rear of an East Hills train at Sydenham station. A signal electrician was manipulating a failed track circuit relay, but was distracted and forgot to release the track circuit when the train passed, causing a wrong side failure and the ...