Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)

• TRAIN DERAILMENTS WREAK HAVOC

  Jason Knowles | June 26, 2009 3:59 PM | 0 CommentsGadsden, AL

  With so much technology today in our fast-paced world, when I think of trains I think of dinosaurs. We almost forget about the massive machines as they roll through our cities and towns. That is,...

• Death on Rails

  Jon Lewis | June 23, 2009 5:59 AM | 0 CommentsBirmingham, AL

  Yesterday, there was a tragic incident in the Washington, D.C. Metro area. Norfolk InjuryBoard Article, by Rick Shapiro By now, most people have heard that two Metro area trains collided killing...

• Bus Crash Near Lincoln, Alabama

  Jon Lewis | April 29, 2009 4:53 PM | 0 CommentsBirmingham, AL

  Early Monday morning, there was a bus crash near Lincoln, Alabama on Interstate 20. This was a greyhound bus. According to the Birmingham News, there were 32 people on the bus, and 21 people were...

• Bus Accidents

  Jon Lewis | October 22, 2008 1:30 PM | 0 CommentsBirmingham, AL

  More than three decades ago, UCLA engineers performed a series of classic school bus crash studies, which determined that the major cause for injury in school bus accidents was the inadequacy of...

• Train Hits Pickup Truck in Pennslyvania

  Shannon Weidemann | April 04, 2008 11:33 AM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  A freight train hit a pickup truck that was trying to beat the train at a railway crossing. The train accident happened in Monaca, Pennslyvania last night. The driver of the truck was injured and...

• Train Injures Man in West Palm Beach

  Shannon Weidemann | March 12, 2008 8:38 AM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  A car crossing the railroad tracks at Riverside Drive and Alternate A1A was hit by a FEC train on Saturday. The train accident happened in West Palm Beach. The 27-year-old driver of the car was injured in the accident. The victim was attempting to cross west over the tracks at about 3:20 a.m., in his silver 2001 four-door Audi when it was struck by a southbound FEC train. He is listed in...

• Union Station Train Accident Injures Seven

  Shannon Weidemann | February 08, 2008 10:32 AM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  A train accident at Union Station in Washington D.C. involving a commuter train and an Amtrak locomotive injured seven people on Thursday. The MARC commuter train from Baltimore had just arrived and passengers were disembarking when it was struck by the locomotive. The six-car MARC train 419 had come to a stop at its usual platform at 10:03 a.m. yesterday when an Amtrak locomotive assigned to...

• Indianapolis Train Accident Injures Two

  Shannon Weidemann | January 08, 2008 10:18 AM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  A train accident in Indianapolis on Sunday morning derailed 35 train cars and injured two workers. The conductor and engineer on the train were both injured. It is believed that their injuries were not serious. The train accident happened in a rail yard on the west side of the city.Wayne Township Fire Department Captain Troy Wymer says the accident happened early Sunday morning when 112 cars...

• Train Kills Man in New Jersey

  Shannon Weidemann | December 18, 2007 8:28 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  An 87-year-old man was killed while driving over a train crossing in Waterford Township, New Jersey on Tuesday. The train accident occured while the NJ Transit train was en route from Philadelphia to Atlantic City when it struck the vehicle. The man drove around the crossing gates and was trying to beat the train. None of 62 passengers aboard the train were injured. They were transferred to...

• Chicago Train Derails Sending Dozens to the Hospital

  Chrissie Cole | November 30, 2007 12:10 AM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  An Amtrak train traveling to Chicago from Grand Rapids derailed and plowed into the back of a freight train, Friday, injuring dozens of people. Eight of the 187 passengers were seriously injured in the train accident, according to authorities. Three people in the engine of the Amtrak train, apparently all Amtrak employees, were among the most seriously injured, said Larry Langford, a spokesman...