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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 ...
O’FALLON. Ill. — Two people are dead following a two-vehicle crash overnight on Interstate 64 in O’Fallon, Illinois, forcing the closure of eastbound lanes at mile marker 19.
The first pedestrian victim of an automobile crash in the United Kingdom. [129] pedestrian Crystal Palace, London One of the earliest recorded road crash victims. Piero Drogo: 1926 1973 46 years Italian racing driver and coachbuilder car Ferrari 250 California Bologna, Italy Crashed into a broken down truck in a tunnel; both were unlit. [130]
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The fiery crash unfolded at around 5 p.m., the Chicago Police Department said in a news release late Wednesday. A Dodge Charger that had been reported stolen earlier in the day was traveling ...
Though some victims suffered critical injuries, none were life-threatening, according to health officials More than 20 injured in Chicago commuter train crash Skip to main content
Thirty-four people died in the streetcar while another fifty, some on the streetcar and others in the surrounding area, were injured. [1] [5] According to the National Safety Council’s report two days after the crash, it was the largest death toll from a motor vehicle collision, surpassing the 29 people killed in a 1940 Texas train-truck collision. [6]
A Wienermobile crashed into a vehicle and flipped on its side around lunchtime Monday on a busy Chicago-area highway. At 11:12 a.m., an Oscar Mayer Weinermobile was traveling in the northbound ...