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Chemical-Laden Train Derails in Louisiana

Homes evacuated amid toxic leak

(Newser) - With rail safety in the spotlight after last month's disaster in Canada , the derailment of a train carrying hazardous materials in Louisiana has rattled nerves but not caused any deaths or serious injuries. Around 100 homes were evacuated after at least 20 cars of a Union Pacific train went...

Spanish Train Derails, Kills 77 in 'Dante-esque Scene'

Scores more are injured in high-speed accident

(Newser) - Another deadly train accident is in the news, this time from Spain. A high-speed train in the country's northwest derailed last night; it was reportedly moving at double the speed limit, and Reuters says the driver is under investigation. Officials say at least 77 people are dead, the...

French Train Crash Blamed on Faulty Rail Joint

But officials are calling death toll preliminary pending removal of wreckage

(Newser) - An official says a faulty rail joint may have caused yesterday's train derailment outside Paris that left six people dead. Pierre Izard, an official with the SNCF rail company, told reporters that investigators found that the joint had moved from its normal position. Officials said that another train had...

Argentina Train Wreck Kills 3
 Argentina Train Wreck Kills 3 
Jun 13, 2013 9:08 AM CDT

Argentina Train Wreck Kills 3

Dozens more injured in accident

(Newser) - A double-decker commuter train collided with a train that had stopped between two stations outside Buenos Aires today, killing at least three people and injuring 150 more, CNN reports. Emergency crews are currently pulling people from the wreckage, with helicopters air-lifting some to area hospitals. A union leader is saying...

Kids Dead After Mom Tries to Skirt Train Crossing

Girls, 5 and 4, killed in collision with train

(Newser) - Tara Lewman drove up to a railroad crossing in Batavia, Iowa, on Monday afternoon, and stopped because the gates were down. To the east was a freight train parked on the tracks, and after an unknown length of time, she made the tragic decision to drive around the gates—and...

Cleaning Lady Crashes Stolen Train Into House

No one inside Swedish home injured

(Newser) - For reasons unknown, a cleaning lady in Sweden allegedly stole a train around 3am morning and promptly crashed it into a home in an upscale Stockholm suburb. The twentysomething woman managed to board and start the unoccupied train at a station, and a rep for the company that operates the...

Doomed Parade Float Used Tried-and-True Route

Floats had followed same one for 3 years

(Newser) - Organizers of the parade in West Texas in which four US military veterans were killed when a train plowed into a truck had been using the same route for three years, investigators said yesterday. The NTSB says the company that owned the truck is cooperating with investigators, who expect to...

Float Hit by Train Crossed Track Against Signals

Officials say truck entered tracks after warning bells, signals

(Newser) - A parade float filled with wounded veterans that was struck by a freight train had crossed onto the railroad tracks after warning signals were going off, investigators say. It was the second of two floats carrying veterans in Thursday's parade in Midland, Texas. The first was exiting the tracks...

3 Missing After Trains Collide in Oklahoma

Union Pacific Railroad collision sparks fire in remote area

(Newser) - Three Union Pacific Railroad crewmembers were missing after two freight trains collided today in Oklahoma. An eastbound train carrying vehicles and a westbound train crashed about 10:08 a.m. near Goodwell in western Oklahoma, Union Pacific regional spokeswoman Raquel Espinoza said. A two-person crew was aboard each train, and...

India Train Collision Kills 25
 India Train Collision Kills 25 
May 22, 2012 8:59 AM CDT

India Train Collision Kills 25

At least 40 hospitalized with injuries

(Newser) - A passenger train rammed into a parked freight train and caught fire before dawn today in southern India, killing at least 25 people and injuring dozens more. Rescuers worked for about six hours to pull some 70 survivors from the twisted and smoldering wreckage near the southwestern border of Andhra...

PayPal Exec Killed on Train Tracks

No details yet in Eric Salvatierra's death

(Newser) - Eric Salvatierra, a 39-year-old PayPal executive, was killed on Caltrain tracks in California Friday morning. The married father of three was struck on the northbound tracks, and his death remains under investigation. "All I know is he had his bike," Salvatierra's uncle tells the San Jose Mercury ...

Poland Train Collision Kills 16, Injures Scores

PM calls it 'most tragic rail disaster' in years

(Newser) - At least 16 people are dead and 58 injured in a head-on train crash in Poland late last night, the AP reports. A train traveling south from Warsaw to Krakow was accidentally put on the wrong track; train maintenance was being carried out on one of the tracks in the...

16 Hurt in California Amtrak Crash

Low-speed crash caused only minor injuries

(Newser) - An Amtrak train crashed into another train unloading passengers at a station in California, leaving 16 people with mainly minor injuries, authorities said. The crash occurred late yesterday as the passenger train, traveling at a speed of up to about 20mph, struck the stationary Amtrak train at the station in...

Mom Pushing Stroller Killed by California Train

But Susan Dibene manages to push her daughter to safety

(Newser) - A Southern California mom struggling with a stroller over tracks was killed by a train, but first managed to push her 2-year-old daughter to safety. Susan Dibene, 33, was pushing the stroller along a sidewalk near the tracks when she attempted to cross as the guardrail of the Metrolink train...

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