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On June 27, 2022, the Southwest Chief, a passenger train operated by Amtrak, derailed near the small town of Mendon, Missouri. The derailment was caused by the train striking a dump truck that was obstructing the crossing of County Road 113, about three miles (4.8 km) southwest of Mendon. Four people were killed in the wreck: three passengers ...
The June 2022 crash near Mendon, Missouri, killed four people and injured about 150. Residents of the area had complained about the crossing for years. Report gives cause of deadly Amtrak crash as ...
1863 Chunky Creek Train Wreck, Hickory, Mississippi; ~75 killed plus ~25 injured.All but one of the dead were Confederate reinforcements headed for Vicksburg, with the disaster--Mississippi's deadliest rail disaster to date--further hindering the city's defenses against Union forces [12]
An Amtrak train traveling from Los Angeles to Chicago derailed in rural Missouri Monday afternoon after striking a dump truck at a public rail crossing, officials said.
The wife of the dump truck driver killed in the Amtrak train crash accuses Chariton County and a railway official of negligence in her husband’s death. Four people were killed in the crash.
1970. February 1 – Argentina – Benavídez rail disaster: A Tucumán – Buenos Aires express train collided with a standing local train south of Benavídez railroad station 29 km (18 mi) north of Buenos Aires. 142 people were killed, 368 injured (though some sources state 236 killed).
2006. June 14, 2006 – The Kismet Train Collision - Two BNSF Railway freight trains collide head-on in Madera, California, due to one of the trains running a red signal, injuring 5 people. One of the train's crew members, the one that ran the red, is suspected to be high on cocaine. There was a camera on board one of the locomotives involved ...
In 2021, 105 people died in incidents at highway-rail crossings like the one in Missouri. "It's a lot less than the number of people killed in traffic accidents, of course," University of Delaware ...