Federal investigators are sorting through a mound of evidence from the fatal transittrain crash in Hoboken. The train crash killed a 34-year-old woman and injured more than 100 other people. Severe damage to the terminal was also a result of the train crash. Investigators are working hard to determine why the train sped off…
A heftier fine will be given to drivers who disregardingrailroad crossing lights under a new Illinois law. Last week, the Illinois Republican Governor signed into law the new legislation that will double the fines currently in the books. A $500 fine will be given to first offense and each offense after that will be…
A nearly fatalaccident involving multiple vehicles and a MetroLink train left many injured, but everyone survived. Yesterday afternoon, a gold car was struck by a truck at 6300 Etzel in University City. According to authorities, the initial accident caused the truck and the car to crash into a MetroLink train. The driver of the…
Last night, two women were killed in an Amtraktrain accident in St. Louis. According to the St. Louis police, two women were struck by an Amtrak train at approximately 11:30 p.m. near South Kingshighway, just south of Manchester. Apparently, the women were walking over the tracks close to the Kingshighway overpass when they were…
An investigation has determined that atrain accident that resulted in the deaths of eight people was caused by a distracted engineer. The accident happened last May when an Amtrak train derailed around a curve on the tracks in Philadelphia. The engineer had made statements after the crash that he was focused on listening to…
On Thursday evening, a fataltrain accident occurred when a Metrolink train collided with a motorcycle in California. The California Highway Patrol reported that at around 6 p.m., the westbound train struck the motorcycle close to Las Posas Road and Fifth Street near the town of Camarillo. Tragically, the impact caused the death of a…
On April 6, a St. Louis man was involved in atrain accident. The 27 year-old-man was struck by the train in downtown St. Louis and then became trapped around 11 PM. The man was unable to escape the elevated tracks near the intersection of South Second Street and Chouteau Avenue. St. Louis Police report…
Two people are dead after a devastatingtrain accident occurred in Chester, Pennsylvania on Sunday morning. The fatal accident happened when the two men were working on the train tracks in a backhoe. The Amtrak train was traveling at speeds of around 106 mph when it collided with the backhoe containing the two men. Both…
As many people enjoyed an afternoon at the St. Louis Zoo, atrain accident caused one person to suffer minor injuries. According to a press release, the accident happened at approximately 3 p.m. on Friday when two trains crashed into each other. There were around 150 zoo visitors on the trains and they were all…
Atrain accident early Friday morning resulted in the death of a pedestrian in Kirkwood, Missouri. The freight train struck the 21-year-old male pedestrian near South Geyer Road at approximately 5:20 a.m. Police responded to the scene after receiving a call reporting the accident from the train’s engineer. Tragically, upon arrival, they discovered the pedestrian’s…