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California Zephyr: Nodaway, Iowa: Derailment 1 77 The train derailed due to a track defect. RAB-02-01: September 13, 2001 California Zephyr: Salduro, Utah: Train collision 0 24 The train collided with a Union Pacific freight train. April 18, 2002 Auto Train: Crescent City, Florida: Derailment 4 142 The train derailed due to a heat-induced kink ...
As the result of a provision in the Amtrak Reform and Accountability Act of 1997 (Pub. L. 105–134 (text)), [65] there is a US$200 million cap on the aggregate of all passengers' damage claims in a railroad crash against a passenger railroad, including punitive damages. In dividing the $200 million among the 25 dead and more than 100 injured ...
An Amtrak train carrying nearly 200 passengers struck a county water truck and derailed on Wednesday in Southern California, critically injuring the truck's driver, authorities said. Three of the ...
Three people were killed and two injured after an Amtrak train crashed into a vehicle obstructing the railway tracks near Brentwood, California, on Sunday.
1963 Chualar bus crash, Chualar, California; 32 killed plus 25 injured. Remains the deadliest U.S. traffic accident to date and California's deadliest to involve a train; also one of a series of events that led to closer scrutiny of migrant labor conditions and fueled the emergence of the chicano and farmworkers labor movements [179] [180]
An Amtrak Surfliner headed northbound crashed into a four-door passenger vehicle with one female occupant, the Ventura County Fire Department said. Woman dies after Amtrak train strikes vehicle in ...
On Tuesday, February 24, 2015, in the predawn hours, Metrolink commuter train #102, operated by Amtrak, was en route from Ventura County, California to Los Angeles. As the train approached the South Rice Avenue grade crossing in Oxnard at 5:44 a.m. local time (13:44 UTC ), it collided with a 2005 Ford F-450 pick-up truck that was towing a 2000 ...
Three people were killed on Friday when an Amtrak train slammed into their pickup truck near Fresno, the California Highway Patrol said.