Category Archive: Train Disasters

Death Toll Rises to 17 in Italy Train Derailment

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More than a day after a freight train derailed and exploded on the Italian coast, officials raised the death toll to 17, including two small children and an unidentified man who subsequently died of severe burns, news agencies reported. The …

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Human error led to fatal train collision, spokeswoman says

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LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) — Friday’s two-train collision killed 25 people and injured more than 130 others near Los Angeles after an engineer failed to heed a traffic signal, a spokeswoman for Metrolink commuter trains said. The engineer was guiding …

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L.A. Commuter Rail, Freight Train Collide

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A Metrolink commuter train believed to be carrying up to 350 people collided with a freight train Friday, killing two people and injuring an unknown number of others. Firefighters put out a fire under part of the wreckage and pulled …

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Los Angles Train Crash Leaves Passengers Dead, Injured

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LOS ANGELES —  A Metrolink commuter train believed to be carrying up to 350 people collided with a freight train Friday, killing four people and injuring dozens of others. Firefighters put out a fire under part of the wreckage and …

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