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• Huntington Pedestrian Killed by Train

  Shannon Weidemann | November 28, 2007 1:04 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  A man walking across a train crossing was struck and killed by a train on Monday morning. The train accident happened in Huntington. Crossing gates were down and signals were flashing at the time. The train was unable to stop in time. The pedestrian, identified so far only as being male, was struck by the 11:37 a.m. train from Port Jefferson to Hicksville. The accident occurred at...

• Berkeley Pedestrian Killed by Amtrak Train

  Shannon Weidemann | November 16, 2007 1:43 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  A man walking across some train tracks in Berkeley was killed by an Amtrak train. The train accident happened early this morning. The man was not using a marked crossing to cross the train tracks. The California Zephyr train was headed east and was near the Berkeley Amtrak station, located at University Avenue and Third Street, at 8:12 a.m. when the accident happened, said Amtrak...

• Truck and Green Line Train collide in Boston

  Staff Writer | September 04, 2007 9:56 AM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  A story out of Boston today details a metro green line train crash that held up the morning commute for many and caused three injuries. WCVBTV/DT 5 reports the story, saying that the trolley train crash occurred at 7:15 a.m. when a flatbed truck was crossing the tracks at Beacon Street. The truck driver and two others were injured in the train accident. There is no update on the severity of...

• Train accidents could be avoided

  Staff Writer | July 19, 2007 1:27 PM | 1 CommentMontgomery, AL

  Two more fatal train-vehicle accidents occurred near Tampa, Florida, this week, bringing to light the dangers of railroad crossings on our nation's roadways.The Federal Railroad Administration says that an average of two people died each day in train accidents in the United States. Many of these accidents could be avoided if people crossing train tracks would follow certain rules and exercise...

• Two fatal train crashes in two days on same route

  Staff Writer | July 19, 2007 1:11 PM | 1 CommentMobile, AL

  In a tragic story out of Florida, two train-vehicle collisions resulted in injury and death on the same Amtrack route just two days apart.Forbes.com reported the details of both accidents involving Amtrack trains en route from Miami to New York. On Monday four people died in a car that reportedly drove around another car and barriers into the path of a train full of passengers in Lakeland,...

• Fatal weekend wreck claims three lives

  Staff Writer | June 14, 2007 12:55 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  A rising senior at University of Alabama and three other passengers died in a tragic weekend car crash on a Georgia highway, reports The Crimson White campus newspaper.The UA senior reportedly died in the accident that happened around midnight when the driver of a 2005 Jeep Liberty lost control of the SUV and flipped the vehicle several times. Apparently three other passengers who were not...

• Train accidents on the rise in Alabama

  Staff Writer | June 12, 2007 1:31 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  An article from The Montgomery Advertiser addresses the problem of railroad accidents in Alabama, which have reportedly doubled over the past 10 years. The Federal Railroad Administration released statistics that blame track issues for many of these train accidents, including drailments, collisions or obstructions on the tracks. The statistic does not include crashes involving trains and motor...

• Freight train carrying space shuttle parts derails

  Staff Writer | May 15, 2007 11:12 AM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  An Associated Press report last week says that a freight train transporting parts of the space shuttle's rocket boosters wrecked after a bridge collapsed in Myrtlewood, Alabama.In the report, six people onboard were said to have been injured in the train accident. Investigators are still trying to determine the cause of the bridge's collapse.NASA reported that the train derailment is not...

• Railroad safety becomes big issue in Alabama

  Staff Writer | April 25, 2007 4:58 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  CSX and retired NASCAR driver Bobby Allison are combining efforts to publicize railroad-crossing safety among the general public at the Talladega Superspeedway, said a report from The Associated Press.Train collisions have recently been responsible for a number of deaths in Alabama, so CSX has created a public safety campaign entitled, "Keep on Living." This will include radio public service...

• Train hits 18-wheeler in accident

  Staff Writer | April 18, 2007 9:48 AM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  Another Alabama train accident on March 27 in Sylacauga fortunately did not result in injury or death, according to a report from Daily Home Online.Apparently, an 18-wheeler going south on North Broadway did not hear a train whistle and was struck by the train's engine. No one in the train or truck was injured. This further raises the question of installing warning gates at all railroad...