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1997 – Mexico City a commuter train hit a fuel tanker at a crossing and later exploded killing at least 20 people; the explosion was recorded by a news helicopter. [99] December 2006 – Cuautitlán level crossing disaster — A passenger bus hit by thirty-six cars of a freight train and killing at least twenty-eight, another fourteen were ...
Three people are dead after a freight train crashed into a car attempting to cross railway tracks north of Salem, Oregon, authorities said on Thursday.
July 10 – United Kingdom – A Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway steam train hit a car driven across a level crossing, killing the train driver. [86] July 13 – Pakistan – 2005 Ghotki rail crash: A chain reaction accident caused by one train missing a signal and colliding into another resulted in three trains crashing and over 150 people dead.
February 24 – United States – Waverly tank car explosion, Waverly, Tennessee: A Louisville and Nashville Railroad freight train derailed; one tank car containing liquefied petroleum gas exploded two days later, killing 16 people and injuring 43. Numerous buildings in downtown Waverly were destroyed or damaged by the blast and resulting fires.
A Colorado police officer on trial for putting a handcuffed woman in a parked police vehicle that was hit by a freight train testified Tuesday that she placed the woman there temporarily because ...
A 15-year-old known for his optimism and positivity was killed after being struck by a freight train in Virginia, deputies say. The train struck Chris Asare-Budu shortly before 8 a.m. on Nov. 29 ...
December 30, 2013 – A southbound Union Pacific Railroad freight train collides with a BNSF train near Keithville, Louisiana, derailing three locomotives and one car on the UP train and two locomotives and 11 cars on the BNSF train. [26] December 30, 2013 – A westbound BNSF grain train derails near Casselton, North Dakota. The 45th car in ...
A Colorado police officer who put a handcuffed woman in a parked police vehicle that was hit by a freight train was found guilty of reckless endangerment and assault but was acquitted of a third ...