RIP Gateway Corridor: Light Rail Accidents, Crashes.
Light rail crashes, collisions, and safety issues (2015 and earlier) -- US cumulative list, statistics, and source links.. Notice the number of times the light rail operator couldnt stop the train.. Metro-North Derailment (New York).. The collision between a Sacramento light rail train and an SUV that killed three people over the weekend is the worst accident in the 25-year history of the capital citys light rail district, a system executive said Monday, adding that the SUV��.
Reports on 5 federal Metro-North probes due in November
The National Transportation Safety Board continues to conduct five investigations into Metro-North accidents, starting with a May 17, 2013, derailment in Bridgeport, Connecticut, that injured 76 people.. The reports would emerge shortly before the.
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Two men were able to escape with leg injuries, but a 42-year-old was pronounced dead at the scene while another, age 30, suffered a critical head injury and died later at a hospital. They were wearing protective hard hats, according to Hawaii News Now.
Transit officials: Metro-North train derails in New York City.
YONKERS, New York (Reuters) ��� A New York commuter train that derailed on Sunday morning, killing four people, was traveling nearly three times faster than the speed limit for the curved section of track where it crashed, officials said on Monday. The seven-car. Sundays crash, in which 11 people were also critically injured, snarled travel on Monday for the roughly 26,000 people who normally ride Metro-Norths Hudson line serving suburbs north of New York City.
NTSB: Train going too fast at curve before wreck, no issue.
Data recorders retrieved from the train that derailed in New York may provide information on key factors related to what went wrong.. In addition to the four people killed, more than 60 were injured. ???????????????? Emergency rescue personnel work the scene of a. Nash said in a message to staffers. The derailment came amid a troubled year for Metro-North, and marked the first time in the railroads 31-year history that a passenger was killed in an accident.
Metro-North crash victims sister still struggling, but finds.
BREAKING NEWS 7 train service slowly coming back; may not be fully restored for morning commute. NEW YORK (WABC) --. Monday marks the one-year anniversary of the worst Metro-North disaster in the rail lines history. It was a Sunday, a day that Linda Smith remembers like it was yesterday. She lost her sister, Donna, that day, and was sitting right beside her when. Donna was killed as the train barreled around a curve going nearly three times the speed limit.
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He added: We have to have an honest conversation in this country about a history of racism, we have to have an honest conversation about the problems that have caused parents to feel that their children may be in danger in their dynamics with police.
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President Obama signed major disaster declarations for New York and New Jersey on Tuesday, authorizing the distribution of direct federal assistance to victims of Hurricane Sandy from the Federal Emergency Management Agency... Jack Baulmer, 11, a sixth-grader known as one of the best Little League baseball players in North Salem, and his best friend and neighbor down Bonnieview Street, Michael Robson, 13, were killed by the tree that tore through the roof��.
Brit boy died in when he crashed jet ski into brother on holiday in Abu Dhabi
A teenager was killed when he crashed a jet ski into his twin brother, an inquest has heard today. Simon Satchwell, 14, from Hertfordshire, was riding the ski while on a Christmas holiday with his family in Abu Dhabi, along with his twin brother Lucas.
Metro-North was rife with problems before accidents: NTSB documents
The break in a bar joining railroad tracks that derailed a Metro-North train in Bridgeport, Connecticut last year, causing an accident that injured dozens, came not long after other joint bars had broken in the same area, according to documents from.
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Some of the 100 to 150 passengers on the early morning Metro-North train from suburban Poughkeepsie to Manhattan were jolted from sleep around 7:20 a.m. to screams and the frightening sensation of their compartment rolling over on a bend where the Hudson and Harlem. 1, 2013 The Fire Department of New York says there are multiple injuries in the train derailment, and 130 firefighters are on the scene.. ���I woke up when the car started rolling several times.
Metro-North Train Crash: MTA Identifies 4 People Killed
Officials say the accident is the second passenger train derailment in six months for Metro-North - and the first passenger deaths in an accident in its nearly 31-year history. (MORE: Winter Storm Cleon Takes Aim) Some of the��.
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Crash Kills 7 in Worst Accident in History of Metro-North
A crowded Metro-North Railroad train passing through Westchester County at the height of the evening rush on Tuesday slammed into a sport-utility vehicle on the tracks at a crossing, creating a fiery crash and explosion that killed seven people.
Ohio skateboarder caught fire riding NYC-bound train when he collided with.
A 21-year-old man has been hospitalized after catching fire on top of a New York City-bound commuter train in Connecticut. Brian McClellen, an avid skateboarding stuntman, was found ablaze on the roof of the Metro-North service shortly after 5am on .
William Rockefeller, Engineer Driving During Deadly New.
NEW YORK -- Reports are not yet conclusive on what caused a speeding Metro-North train to derail early Sunday morning in the Bronx, killing four passengers and injuring more than 60. But what is. The engineer was injured but conscious after the crash, and was rushed to NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center to be treated for injuries that remain undisclosed.. Rockefeller also has no documented history of work-related issues or infractions.
Next Post Many injured in New Haven Line train collision
This includes Amtrak service between New York and Boston. ���In a perfect world,. 9:04 PM ��� ���I have no memory in decades of anything close to this happening, ��� Jim Cameron, chairman of the CT Metro-North / Shore Line East Rail Commuter Council said. This appears to be. This appears to be the worst Connecticut rail crash since two trains collided, killing two, on the New Canaan Line, a branch line that is just one track, off the New Haven line, in October 1976.
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In November, the Archdiocese of New York announced plans to merge 112 parishes into 55 new congregations in one of the most significant restructurings of its history. East Ramapo gets a fiscal monitor. In yet another twist in the long and turbulent.
Beach parties, fireworks: World rings in new year
Sydney takes pride in being one of the first major cities in the world to welcome each new year, and it greeted 2015 in its trademark glittery fashion ��� with a tropical-style fireworks display featuring shimmering gold and silver palm tree pyrotechnic.
Lawmakers To Hold Hearing On Metro-North Safety | FOX CT
. for days at a time. The Dec. 1 wreck plunged the railroad into the worst period of its 30-year history: The 82 mph derailment was the first in which Metro-North passengers were killed. Even though the crash was in New York,��.
Wall at salt warehouse collapses, leaving cars buried in mountain of white
City officials say Mortons is working with them to make sure the structure wont sustain any further damage. Meanwhile next door, the car salesmen are digging cars out instead of moving them off the lot. Usually its a busy time for us, Noble Jones.
At least one person has died from smoke in a Metro train.
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Commemorating the Malbone St. Wreck :: Second Ave. Sagas
The vast majority of New Yorkers do not realize that November 1 is the anniversary of the deadliest subway crash in New York City history. On this day in 1918, a BRT train running along the Brighton Line took a steep curve at��.
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At least 26 people have been killed in a series of attacks by Islamist militants in the north of Egypts Sinai peninsula. A car bomb and mortars hit. New Yorks mayor said the storm could be the citys biggest ever, telling residents to prepare for the worst.. AirAsia confirms flight QZ8501 crash. 30 Dec... Millions of litres of crude oil have caused severe damage after spilling from a pipeline in what is described as one of the worst environmental accidents in Israels history. The spill��.
Two Men Assaulted By Zack Morris As Minors Sue Foster Care System
Rios was unemployed and had a history of homelessness. Jacobs said he had also provided the fake name of Zack Morris to DHS. The lawsuit states Rios moved to Maui from Puerto Rico. He then adopted the name of the fictional TV character, and even .
Metro-North crash victims sister still struggling, but finds voice 1 year later
NEW YORK (WABC) --. Monday marks the one-year anniversary of the worst Metro-North disaster in the rail lines history. It was a. Donna was killed as the train barreled around a curve going nearly three times the speed limit. One year later, Linda.
Metro-North derailment: A year of pain and change
1, 2013, a Metro-North Railroad train traveling south went off the tracks near Spuyten Duyvil in the Bronx, killing four people, including Jim Lovell of Cold Spring and Marist College graduate Donna Smith of Newburgh, and injuring more than 60 others.
Derailed New York City Train Was Going Almost Three.
Yonkers, NY.. his cell phone to determine if he was distracted when the accident occurred. In total four people were killed and more than 60 people were injured in the worst crash of Metro-North Railroads 30 year history.
Insurers Dogged By Claims Of Slanted Sandy Reports
But the issue got the attention of a federal judge in New York after a Long Island family uncovered evidence that an engineer who examined their property had been instructed by a supervisor to reverse his initial finding that the flood caused.
Getting to and from the train can be an adventure
Im sure youve already enjoyed an experience like this: Last Tuesdays noreaster had deposited frozen rain on unsanded, unsalted roads by the time I left for Poughkeepsie Station at 5:30 a.m. in hopes of catching the 6:40 train. My driveway and Route.
Metro-North Crash Kills 7 in Worst Accident of Railroads.
Photo A Metro-North train on the railroads Harlem line crashed into a vehicle on the tracks in Valhalla, N.Y., on Tuesday evening.. Metro-North Crash Kills 7 in Worst Accident of Railroads History ��� New York Times��.
NTSB: NY rail line deaths, injuries were preventable
NEW YORK ��� The acting chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board said Tuesday that five suburban New York rail accidents that left six dead and 126 injured were preventable and could have been avoided if the railroad followed NTSB. In.