Train and Truck Crash in Missouri City, Texas
A tractor trailer and train crashed into each other on September 21st in Missouri City, Texas, causing the train, operated by Amtrak, to derail with 71 passengers on board. The Houston Chronicle reports that the More...
South Carolina Amtrak crash leaves 2 dead: Michael Kempf, Michael Cella, over 115 injured
Amtrak suffered its third high-profile crash in less than two months Sunday morning when a passenger train traveling on the wrong track slammed into a stationary freight train in South Carolina, killing two people: Michael More...
Amtrak crash: Christopher Foley killed, GOP Rep Jason Lewis treated for concussion
The individual killed when an Amtrak train, carrying dozens of GOP members of Congress to a retreat, struck a garbage truck has been identified as a Louisa County man named Christopher Foley. “Albemarle County More...
Amtrak train derails, 6 dead, 150 injured
Emergency workers are searching through the wreckage Wednesday of a New York-bound Amtrak train that derailed and overturned late Tuesday, killing six people, injuring 150, and disrupting train service for thousands More...
Two trains in Switzerland collide killing over 25, driver’s body found
Two trains collided head-on in Switzerland late on Monday, injuring 26 people and killing the driver of one, police said. The driver’s body was found overnight in the wreckage of the crash at Granges-près-Marnand More...
CCTV Video of Spain train crash goes viral across Internet
The graphic video from CCTV shows a train derailing near the city of Santiago de Compostela in Galicia, north-west Spain, as it takes a bend on Wednesday evening. Dozens of people have died as a result of the accident, More...
Quebec train explosion death toll rises to 13 with 37 more still missing from Lac Megantic tragedy
The known death toll from Saturday’s Quebec train explosion jumped to 13 on Monday afternoon. According to Reuters, local police have confirmed that at least 13 people were killed in the crash that destroyed More...
Freight train hits garbage truck, derails and then explodes
Officials are explaining that a chemical train hit a garbage truck in Rosedale, Maryland. The blast damaged some industrial buildings, and a 20-block area was evacuated yet only four people were hurt. The train More...
Kendrick Johnson, Jerry Jones, two Florida men, two separate train accidents and two struggles to survive
St. Johns County authorities are trying to determine the details of how an 18-year-old teen was struck by a train Friday afternoon and a Tallahassee man is in critical condition when a train collided with his truck More...
Ohio train derails, explodes, evacuation is set for one mile radius VIDEO
Part of a freight train carrying ethanol derailed and caught fire in Ohio’s capital city early Wednesday, shooting flames skyward into the darkness and prompting the evacuation of a mile-wide area as firefighters More...
Tractor trailer crashes into train killing six in Nevada
Six people were killed when a tractor-trailer truck slammed into a Chicago-to-California Amtrak passenger train at a railroad crossing east of Reno, Nevada, authorities said late Saturday. The death toll was released More...
