Officials Investigate Train Collision That Caused Highway Overpass Collapse
Ingram Publishing(SCOTT CITY, Mo.) — National Transportation Safety Board officials are looking through video recordings after the collision of two freight trains caused the partial collapse of a Missouri highway overpass Saturday.
A Union Pacific fr…
Investigation Begins in Connecticut Commuter Train Crash
Comstock/Thinkstock(FAIRFIELD, Conn.) — Federal transportation officials began their investigation Saturday to determine what caused two commuter trains to crash head-on in Connecticut during the Friday rush hour.At least 70 people were injured Friday…
Dozens of Children Killed After Train Collides with School Bus in Egypt
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(CAIRO) — Egyptian authorities say that barriers were not down at the site where a train collided with a school bus on its way to kindergarten class last Saturday.Fifty-one people, nearly all of them children, were killed in the …
Train Crash Kills Almost 50 Children on a Bus in Egypt
iStockPhoto/Thinkstock(CAIRO) — On Saturday, almost 50 children were killed when a train crashed into a bus on its way to kindergarten school.The barriers were reportedly open when a bus full of 60 young children, ranging from the ages four to six, cr…
Midland, Texas Train Crash: Hero Vets Die Saving Wives
Joseph Devenney/Getty Images(MIDLAND, Texas) — Police have identified the four servicemen who died in Midland, Texas when a freight train plowed into a parade float carrying wounded veterans and their spouses at a crossing, two of whom saved their wiv…
Argentina Train Crash Leaves Dozens Dead, Hundreds Injured
JUAN MABROMATA/AFP/Getty Images(BUENOS AIRES, Argentina) — At least 49 people were killed and another 600 injured when a packed commuter train crashed into a retaining wall at the terminal in Argentina’s capital city at the height of rush hour W…