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

• Woodsboro Man Killed In Train Accident

  Chrissie Cole | May 21, 2009 12:23 PM | 0 CommentsCorpus Christi, TX

  A Woodsboro man was killed when the vehicle he was driving was struck by a train. The train accident occurred just after 4:00 p.m. on May 14, at County Road 34 and Highway 77, said Robstown...

• Wayne County School Bus Accident Hospitalizes Three Students

  Randy Appleton | May 18, 2009 2:41 PM | 0 CommentsGreenville, OBX & Rocky Mount, NC

  Last Wednesday, Wayne County students riding to Spring Creek Elementary had a thrilling and possibly harrowing deviation from their normal morning routine. With almost a full busload of Wayne...

• Five Charlotte-Mecklenburg elementary school students involved in bus accident sent to hospital

  Emily Mapp Brannon | May 16, 2009 11:44 PM | 0 CommentsGreenville, OBX & Rocky Mount, NC

  A Charlotte-Mecklenburg school bus was involved in an accident on May 13, 2009 when a vehicle hit the bus from behind as it was making a right hand turn. The bus was carrying 12 students from...

• Kinston Teenager’s Death by Train Casts Doubt on Cause as Investigators Change Initial Findings

  Randy Appleton | May 13, 2009 9:56 PM | 0 CommentsGreenville, OBX & Rocky Mount, NC

  It is always a very sad day when police find a dead person at an accident scene, but none more tragic when it is a young girl just 13 years old. According to Kinston,North Carolina (NC)...

• Rules Limiting Rights of Land Owners and Consumers Being Tested By N.C. Railroad with Help from Federal Regulators

  Shapiro, Lewis & Appleton | May 13, 2009 5:37 AM | 0 CommentsGreenville, OBX & Rocky Mount, NC

  The steel rail from Charlotte to the coast that was synonymous with progress when its tracks were first laid in the 1850s is once again on the front-burner to the state's plans - and once again...

• Man Struck By Long Island Rail Road Train

  Chrissie Cole | May 12, 2009 11:42 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY

  Steven Gould, 44, of Plainview is recovering in the hospital after being struck by a Long Island Rail Road train (LIRR) in Hicksville. The train accident occurred Tuesday morning when a New York...

• Frightening News About Buffalo Plane Crash

  Michael Phelan | May 12, 2009 10:37 AM | 0 CommentsRichmond, VA

  According to people with knowledge of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigation, the captain of a Colgan Air commuter plane that crashed Feb. 12 near Buffalo, N.Y. flunked...

• 50 Injured in MBTA Trolley Crash

  Carrie Strasser | May 12, 2009 8:34 AM | 0 CommentsEastern Massachusetts, MA

  On Friday night, 50 people were sent to the hospital after a Green Line trolley went through a red light and crashed into a stationary train at Government Center Station. The Boston Globe reported...

• Van Collides With School Bus, Kids Unharmed

  Chrissie Cole | May 12, 2009 1:57 AM | 0 CommentsDayton, OH

  A van collided head-on with a school bus on Monday on Xenia Avenue near Keowee Street, according to Dayton police According to Sgt. David Reed of Dayton Police Department, the driver of the van...

• Problems at sea spark requests on new legislation for cruise ships

  Jim Lewis | May 05, 2009 4:19 PM | 0 CommentsGreenville, OBX & Rocky Mount, NC

  The Cruise Vessel Security and Safety Act of 2009 were introduced to keep Americans aware and safe on cruise ships. Ship safety has been a concern for years, but with recent media coverage on...