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A freight train hit a pickup truck that was trying to beat the train at a railway crossing. The train accident happened in Monaca, Pennslyvania last night. The driver of the truck was injured and...

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A car crossing the railroad tracks at Riverside Drive and Alternate A1A was hit by a FEC train on Saturday. The train accident happened in West Palm Beach. The 27-year-old driver of the car was injured in the accident. The victim was attempting to cross west over the tracks at about 3:20 a.m., in his silver 2001 four-door Audi when it was struck by a southbound FEC train. He is listed in...

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A train accident at Union Station in Washington D.C. involving a commuter train and an Amtrak locomotive injured seven people on Thursday. The MARC commuter train from Baltimore had just arrived and passengers were disembarking when it was struck by the locomotive. The six-car MARC train 419 had come to a stop at its usual platform at 10:03 a.m. yesterday when an Amtrak locomotive assigned to...

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A train accident in Indianapolis on Sunday morning derailed 35 train cars and injured two workers. The conductor and engineer on the train were both injured. It is believed that their injuries were not serious. The train accident happened in a rail yard on the west side of the city.Wayne Township Fire Department Captain Troy Wymer says the accident happened early Sunday morning when 112 cars...

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An 87-year-old man was killed while driving over a train crossing in Waterford Township, New Jersey on Tuesday. The train accident occured while the NJ Transit train was en route from Philadelphia to Atlantic City when it struck the vehicle. The man drove around the crossing gates and was trying to beat the train. None of 62 passengers aboard the train were injured. They were transferred to...

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A man walking across a train crossing was struck and killed by a train on Monday morning. The train accident happened in Huntington. Crossing gates were down and signals were flashing at the time. The train was unable to stop in time. The pedestrian, identified so far only as being male, was struck by the 11:37 a.m. train from Port Jefferson to Hicksville. The accident occurred at...

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A man walking across some train tracks in Berkeley was killed by an Amtrak train. The train accident happened early this morning. The man was not using a marked crossing to cross the train tracks. The California Zephyr train was headed east and was near the Berkeley Amtrak station, located at University Avenue and Third Street, at 8:12 a.m. when the accident happened, said Amtrak...

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Two more fatal train-vehicle accidents occurred near Tampa, Florida, this week, bringing to light the dangers of railroad crossings on our nation's roadways.The Federal Railroad Administration says that an average of two people died each day in train accidents in the United States. Many of these accidents could be avoided if people crossing train tracks would follow certain rules and exercise...

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An article from The Montgomery Advertiser addresses the problem of railroad accidents in Alabama, which have reportedly doubled over the past 10 years. The Federal Railroad Administration released statistics that blame track issues for many of these train accidents, including drailments, collisions or obstructions on the tracks. The statistic does not include crashes involving trains and motor...

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An Associated Press report last week says that a freight train transporting parts of the space shuttle's rocket boosters wrecked after a bridge collapsed in Myrtlewood, Alabama.In the report, six people onboard were said to have been injured in the train accident. Investigators are still trying to determine the cause of the bridge's collapse.NASA reported that the train derailment is not...

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Another Alabama train accident on March 27 in Sylacauga fortunately did not result in injury or death, according to a report from Daily Home Online.Apparently, an 18-wheeler going south on North Broadway did not hear a train whistle and was struck by the train's engine. No one in the train or truck was injured. This further raises the question of installing warning gates at all railroad...

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An unusual train accident occurred Friday afternoon in Limestone County, where a farm worker operating a fertilizer spreader collided with a freight train in Belle Mina at Greenbrier Road.The victim was a Limestone Farmer's Cooperative employee and Clements firefighter, and he died immediately. An article in the Decatur Daily includes quotes from many of the victim's friends, as he was...

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Yesterday in northern Alabama a fatal train-truck accident occurred when a propane delivery truck collided with a train on Wilhite Road near exit 318 of I-65. Apparently the truck crashed into the train after it ran off the road, igniting a tremendous fire and killing the driver of the tanker. The accident did not happen at the crossing. It is not known whether the crossing lights and gates were...

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Apparently there was another train-vehicle accident in Bessemer yesterday, making the fifth (yes, 5th) train accident in Alabama in one week. This one involved an 18-wheeler truck trying to beat a train across the tracks. Fortunately, no one was injured this time.An editorial from the Montgomery Advertiser points out a recurring problem in the state with railroad crossings that lack proper...

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Another train accident yesterday claimed the life of a man who fell asleep on the railroad tracks and was struck by a CSX freight train. This incident became the fourth train accident in Alabama in one week.Yesterday's accident occurred in Jefferson County near Highway 31. Another deadly accident on Thursday killed four men crossing the railroad tracks in a van near Thorsby. Two other train...

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