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Illinois's deadliest rail disaster to date widely encouraged the use of newer steel coaches over conventional wooden ones [29] 1887 Chicago and Atlantic Railway Wreck, Kouts, Indiana; 10 killed [30] 1888 Wreck at the Fat Nancy, Orange County, Virginia; nine killed plus 26 injured.
Los Angeles topped the list with the worst traffic in the nation, followed by Washington D.C., Seattle, San Francisco, and New York. Chicago has landed in the top 10 for worst traffic in the U.S ...
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A vehicle crash on the Trans-Canada Highway near Carberry, Manitoba, killed 17. [430] June 16 – United States – A car ran a red light and crashed into another car killing 5 after exiting Interstate 35 in Minneapolis. [431] June 23 – United States – A sedan carrying six people crashed on Interstate 5 in Long Beach, California, killing five.
332. A collision between two commuter trains in Chicago occurred during the cloudy morning rush hour on October 30, 1972, and was the worst such crash in Chicago's history. Illinois Central Gulf Train 416, made up of newly purchased Highliners, overshot the 27th Street station on what is now the Metra Electric Line, and the engineer asked and ...
4 October. Hong Kong – Two Light rail trains collided with each other due to human error, injuring three. [187] Poland – In Gdynia, two passenger trains collided with each other, five people were injured. [188] 11 October – India – In Bihar, a North East Express train derailed due to a fault in the train tracks.
At 10:39 a.m. local time (07:50 UTC) on November 16, 2023, a Yellow Line passenger train, carrying 30 passengers and 1 operator, approaching its terminal at Howard station at 26.9 mph (43.3 km/h) collided with stopped snow-removal equipment, carrying 6 employees, on the southern track. [2][3] The front car of the two-car train was partially ...
American Airlines Flight 191 was a regularly scheduled domestic passenger flight from O'Hare International Airport in Chicago to Los Angeles International Airport.On the afternoon of May 25, 1979, the McDonnell Douglas DC-10 operating this flight was taking off from runway 32R at O'Hare International when its left engine detached from the wing, causing a loss of control, and the aircraft ...