An Illinois MetroLinktrain accident caused a man to lose his leg. St. Clair County Sheriff’s Department is leading an investigation into just how a man was injured by a MetroLink train early in March. The family continually seeks answers on exactly how their loved one was struck by the train, breaking his neck and…
On Tuesday morning, a pedestrian was killed in atrain accident in Bossier City, Louisiana. The accident happened around 11 a.m. at the Airline Drive railroad crossing. Witnesses reported that the man was seen walking along the roadway and attempted to cross the railroad tracks near Interstate 20. The accident is being investigated and police…
Atrain accident on Monday morning resulted in two individuals suffering serious injuries. The accident happened in St. Louis County when a train collided with a car at approximately 6 a.m. Authorities have released few details regarding the accident that happened near the Jefferson Barracks Bridge in the Bussen Quarry. It is known that the…
On Thursday morning, atrain accident involving a car claimed the life of a woman in Arkansas. The accident happened just before 10:30 a.m. when an 86-year-old woman was operating her vehicle in Wabbaseka and attempted to cross railroad tracks on U.S. 79. Tragically, a westbound train struck the vehicle and the woman was pronounced…
Atrain accident at a Utah refinery seriously injured a man on Friday. The accident occurred in Magna at around 9 a.m. at the Kennecott Copper Refinery. According to authorities, the man was a Kennecott contract worker whose legs became pinned beneath a train on the railroad tracks. Police were calling the incident a tragic…
Authorities are investigating atrain accident that claimed the life of a pedestrian on Wednesday. Emergency crews were called to the area of North Boulevard and Lafayette Street in Slidell, Louisiana around 7 a.m. Investigators believe that the male pedestrian was walking along the railroad tracks when he was struck by a Norfolk Southern freight…
Major delays are expected for trains near Chicago after an Amtraktrain accident occurred Saturday night. According to an Amtrak spokeswoman, Chelsea Kopta, Amtrak train 383 collided with a BNSF welding truck at approximately 6:35 p.m. The collision happened in Lisle, Illinois as the train was en route to Quincy. Fortunately, none of the 114…
Atrain accident in Santa Cruz County, California injured eight passengers on Monday. The accident happened at around 12:10 p.m. when a train’s throttle became stuck resulting in the crash. A train with the Roaring Camp Railroads was transporting passengers to Bear Mountain and as the conductor attempted to reverse the trains direction, the throttle…
An investigation is being conducted in Louisiana to determine the cause of atrain accident that happened during the late afternoon on Tuesday. Around 5 p.m. a vehicle with six occupants stopped on the train tracks in Iberia Parish, La. The vehicle was struck by a train and the impact claimed the lives of three…
In less than two weeks, there have been fivetrain accidents in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Two of the accidents happened on Monday morning in two different pedestrians vs. train collisions. At approximately 10 a.m., one individual was attempting to cross tracks located at the intersection of East 46th Street and Hiawatha Avenue. Soon after, another pedestrian…