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Poland Train Collision Kills 16, Injures Scores

PM calls it 'most tragic rail disaster' in years

(Newser) - At least 16 people are dead and 58 injured in a head-on train crash in Poland late last night, the AP reports. A train traveling south from Warsaw to Krakow was accidentally put on the wrong track; train maintenance was being carried out on one of the tracks in the...

3 Killed, 46 Hurt in Canadian Train Crash

Derailment claims lives of 3 railway workers

(Newser) - Two locomotive engineers and a trainee were killed when a train derailed in Burlington, Ontario. Another railway worker and 45 passengers were injured when the train, headed to Toronto from Niagara Falls, came off the rails in an industrial district, the Toronto Star reports. The accident happened in good weather...

49 Die in Argentine Train Crash
 49 Die in Argentine Train Crash 
Feb 22, 2012 12:54 PM CST

49 Die in Argentine Train Crash

Train hits station in 6th incident in 15 months

(Newser) - A train full of people crashed into a station in Buenos Aires today, injuring at least 550 people and killing 48 adults and one child in Argentina's worst train accident since 1970. The train came into the station too fast and hit the shock-absorbing pad at the end of...

China Lays Blame for Bullet Train Crash on 54 Officials

Bad design, bad management, bad rescue effort

(Newser) - Forty people died when two bullet trains crashed into each other in China in July—and 54 officials are to blame. The announcement comes via a long-awaited government report on the tragedy, which points to "serious design flaws and major safety risks," and notes errors in equipment procurement...

16 Hurt in California Amtrak Crash

Low-speed crash caused only minor injuries

(Newser) - An Amtrak train crashed into another train unloading passengers at a station in California, leaving 16 people with mainly minor injuries, authorities said. The crash occurred late yesterday as the passenger train, traveling at a speed of up to about 20mph, struck the stationary Amtrak train at the station in...

Shanghai Subway Collision Injures More Than 260

Public anger erupts over second train crash since July

(Newser) - More than 260 people were injured today when two subway trains collided in central Shanghai, a government official says. Most of the wounds were bruises and bone fractures, and none were critical, Reuters reports, but one passenger says that “blood was everywhere."

Bus-Train Crash Kills 11 in Argentina

Train hits bus, another train as driver dodges signals

(Newser) - A bus driver who tried to beat a train was killed along with at least 11 passengers in Buenos Aires yesterday. More than 200 others were injured after the driver, ignoring bells and flashing lights, attempted to rush across railroad tracks as a train approached, AP reports. The bus was...

China Puts Brakes on Bullet Trains

Will slow trains by 30mph while it also conducts safety checks

(Newser) - China is putting the brakes on its vaunted system of high-speed trains, following a derailment last month that killed 40 and sparked such fury that Beijing had to order a media blackout on negative coverage . China's fastest trains will be slowed by about 30mph to 185mph beginning next month,...

China Blacks Out Trainwreck Coverage

Criticism mounting over Beijing's handling of accident that killed at least 40

(Newser) - China has been taking increasing heat over last weekend's fatal collision between two bullet trains , so it has, predictably, decided to get out of the kitchen. Facing a barrage of criticism that it put whiz-bang technological advances ahead of the safety of its citizenry, Beijing late Friday shut down...

Child Pulled From China Train Crash

4-year-old found after 21 hours

(Newser) - A small child was rescued about 21 hours after a crash involving two high-speed trains in eastern China killed at least 43 people and injured more than 200 others, state media reported today. Xinhua News Agency said the unconscious child was found while rescuers were clearing one of the train...

China Train Crash: Cars From Bullet Train Go Off Bridge, Kill at Least 16

 China Bullet Train 
 Crash Kills 32 
UPDATED
Jul 23, 2011 1:00 PM CDT

China Bullet Train Crash Kills 32

It loses power after lightning strike

(Newser) - A Chinese bullet train crashed into another high-speed train that had stalled after being struck by lightning today in eastern China, causing four carriages to fall off a viaduct and killing at least 32 people and injuring 191 others, state media reported. The first train was traveling from the Zhejiang...

India Train Crash Kills 21, Injures at Least 100
 India Train Derails, Kills 31 
UPDATED
Jul 10, 2011 9:39 AM CDT

India Train Derails, Kills 31

Cause for commuter train crash unknown

(Newser) - Rescuers searched through the wreckage of a packed express train for people trapped inside after it derailed in northern India today, killing at least 31 and injuring more than 100 others, officials said. The Kalka Mail train was on its way to Kalka, in the foothills of the Himalayas, from...

Amtrak Death Toll Hits 6
 Amtrak Death Toll Hits 6 
Jun 26, 2011 2:04 PM CDT

Amtrak Death Toll Hits 6

Truck drivers, train engineer watched tragedy unfold

(Newser) - The death toll from Friday's Amtrak accident is now at 6, and authorities say another 28 people are unaccounted for. But that may be because passengers left the scene without letting officials know, the AP reports. As the truck plowed into the train, two truck drivers watched helplessly from...

At Least 2 Dead After Truck Plows Into Amtrak Train

Fiery crash ensured; another 20 are injured

(Newser) - At least two people are dead after a semi-trailer smashed into an Amtrak train en route from Chicago to Emeryville, Calif., today. The Chicago Tribune reports that the truck driver and at least one passenger were killed; another 20 or so were injured in the fiery crash. The truck apparently...

Hoboken, NJ, Train Crash Injures 34
 34 Injured in NJ Train Crash 
May 8, 2011 1:28 PM CDT

34 Injured in NJ Train Crash

Service shut down indefinitely, but no life-threatening injuries

(Newser) - Officials say 34 people were injured when a train pulling into the Hoboken, NJ, station struck an abutment, shutting down service indefinitely. Mayor Dawn Zimmer says none of the injuries in today's 8:30am crash are considered life-threatening. The victims were taken to three area hospitals for treatment of...

Sabotage? Derailed Train Carried Gifts for Kim Jong Un

Seoul radio cites suspicion of foul play

(Newser) - A train full of birthday presents en route to North Korea’s heir derailed this month—but was it a simple accident, or sabotage? A South Korean radio station that often cites Northern sources reports that a train departing from Sinuiju and headed for Pyongyang derailed on Dec. 11, creating...

Indian Train Kills Elephants Trying to Save Calves

5 adults crushed as they huddled around stuck babies

(Newser) - A speeding Indian train killed a group of elephants as adult herd members tried to protect two calves who had become stuck in the tracks. Five adults and the two young animals died in the accident. Train traffic was suspended as surviving members of the herd huddled around the dead....

Real Train Kills Man Seeking Ghost Train

Ghost-hunters believed oncoming train was a phantom

(Newser) - A man looking for a ghost train on the anniversary of a deadly 1891 crash in North Carolina was struck and killed by a real train. The man was part of a party of a dozen ghost-hunters waiting on a trestle at 3am when the real train came around a...

61 Dead in India Train Crash
 61 Dead in India Train Crash 
Jul 19, 2010 4:20 AM CDT

61 Dead in India Train Crash

Officials have not yet ruled out sabotage

(Newser) - A train crash powerful enough to thrust the roof of one of its cars into a bridge above the tracks has killed 61 people in India. Another 120 were injured after the express train hit a standing train early today at a station in the town of Sainthia, about 125...

Scores Killed in 'Maoist Train Attack' in India

At least 65 dead after blast

(Newser) - At least 65 people have been killed by a train crash in eastern India that officials believe was the work of Maoist rebels. A blast hit an overnight passenger train from Calcutta as it passed through a rebel stronghold, sending 13 cars into the path of an oncoming cargo train....

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