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Archive for the ‘Train Accidents’ Category

MONROE, N.C. — A CSX train crash involving 5 vehicles and a semi truck on Tuesday, April 30, shut down Old Charlotte Highway and Rocky River Road in Monroe N.C. for hours.

A CSX train plowed into a semi truck that was stopped on the tracks at a rail crossing in Monroe, NC on April 30, 2013 and spilled a load of PVC pipe all over the surrounding area.

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McRAE, Ark. — According to Union Pacific spokeswoman Raquel Espinoza, a train derailment that occurred in White County, Ark. on March 23, was caused by a broken rail.

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FAIRFAX, SC — Two pedestrians were killed at a train crossing by a CSX train on Wednesday, April 10, in Fairfax, South carolina, according to Fairfax Police Chief Marvin Williams.

View of the rail crossing at 6th St and U.S. Highway 278 in Fairfax, SC where two pedestrians were killed as they were struck by a passing CSX train while crossing the tracks on April 10, 2013.

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HOUSTON, Texas — A Union Pacific freight train slammed into a passenger car on Tuesday March 5 on Houston’s south side, sending the driver of the vehicle to the hospital.

A Union Pacific train crashed with a passenger vehicle in Houston, TX on March 5, 2013.

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SUGAR LAND, Texas – A Kansas City Southern train struck an 18-wheeler carrying an antique Rolls Royce and a Nissan 300ZX sports car on Monday, Jan. 7, after the big rig became stuck on the railroad tracks.

Photo shows Kansas City Southern Railroad collision with semi truck that became stuck on the train tracks in Sugar Land, Texas on January 7, 2013.

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MIDLAND, Texas – - A preliminary report has been released by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB)  Weds., Dec. 6, that gives several details on the facts leading up to the fatal crash that that killed four veterans during a parade on Nov 15th.

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LONGVIEW, Texas — A semi truck that was crossing the railroad tracks on Private Road 2317 in Gregg County, Texas on Wednesday, Nov. 21, was hit by an oncoming Union Pacific train.

View from W Sabine St of a rail crossing on Private Road 2317 where a tractor trailer was involved in a Union Pacific train accident while crossing the tracks in Longview, TX on Nov. 21, 2012.

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WILTON, N.H. — An accident occurred Wednesday morning, Oct 17, at 7:45 a.m. at the Mill Street/Burns Hill Road railroad crossing in the center of Wilton, along the Souhegan River when a single locomotive owned by the Milford-Bennington Railroad Co. struck a Sullivan Paving Co. truck.

A truck driver was taken to the hospital after his paving truck crashed into a train in Wilton, NH on October 17, 2012. Photo credit: Don Himsel / Telegraph

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MASON CITY, IA — A Union Pacific railroad worker from central Iowa was killed while on the job Tuesday morning, July 31, in the Mason City railyard, located in the 1600 block of North Quincy Avenue.

Fatal Union Pacific railroad worker accident in a rail yard in Mason City, IA on July 31, 2012.

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ASH FORK, Ariz. — A railroad worker employed by Burlington Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) was killed on Friday, July 27, after he drove a high-rail truck into a parked freight train in northern, Arizona.

A BNSF railroad worker was killed on July 27, 2012 when a maintenance truck he drove crashed into a parked freight train. The truck was fitted with an attachment for running on rail tracks.

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