On 7 March, a Canadian National (CN) train carrying crude oil from Alberta derailed five tankcars on a bridge near the northern Ontario community of Gogama, about 600km from Toronto. Fire erupted and...
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Yet another North American oil train derailment occurred on 5 March, this time in a wooded area near where the Galena River meets the Mississippi in western Illinois. A train of the Burlington...
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On 2 March, a commuter train of the Long Island Railroad (LIRR) ran into a sports utility vehicle on the Rocklyn Avenue crossing in East Rockaway. A witness was quoted saying the 63-year-old driver...
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On 7 March, a 65-year-old resident of Athens, Alabama, was airlifted to hospital after her car was in collision with a freight train at a crossing in the town. Preliminary police investigations...
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Early on 6 March, a bus that failed to stop at a crossing was in collision with a train in Sharqiya province, east of Cairo. Two adults and five schoolchildren were killed. According to reports, 24...
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South Africa's Railway Safety Regulator (RSR) is investigating an incident on 27 February involving a Rovos Rail train at Kaalfontein. The train was on its way from Capital Park to Cape Town, carrying...
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Late on 21 February, a woman flung herself in front of a moving train near Bedhampton in Hampshire. Emergency service personnel took the driver away to be treated for shock. The train remained...
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On 13 February, nine coaches of India's Ernakulam-bound intercity express derailed near Anekal in the Bangalore urban district of Karnataka. Ten people died and more than 150 were reported injured....
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This week, we highlight another bizarre but instructive accident in America. On 24 February, before dawn, a truck and trailer were mistakenly driven off the roadway onto the railway at a crossing in...
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Two people died in a derailment near Magude, about 146km from Maputo on the CFM line to Zimbabwe. According to the Maputo daily Noticias, 12 people were injured in the derailment, four seriously. The...
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