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Jun 28, 2023 · At least 16 people were injured Wednesday when an Amtrak train collided with a truck blocking the tracks and partially derailed in Southern California, local officials said.
Jun 29, 2023 · An Amtrak train carrying nearly 200 people derailed in southern California on Wednesday after colliding with a county water truck. The truck driver was taken to a trauma centre with a head...
Jun 29, 2023 · An Amtrak train in California partially derailed after crashing into a water truck, officials said Wednesday. Ventura County police and fire officials responded to a "train versus vehicle"...
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Jun 29, 2023 · The crash of the seven-car Coast Starlight train heading from Los Angeles to Seattle occurred at 11:19 a.m. near Los Angeles Avenue and Gabbert Road in Ventura County and sparked a fire in the...
- How Common Are Train Derailments?
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The Department of Transportation has registered more than 12,400 train derailments over the past decade and of these accidents, roughly 6,600 tank cars were carrying hazardous materials and 348 cars released their contents, according to the Associated Press. Annual fatalities from derailments have been in single digits since 1993; there were no fat...
On March 4, Norfolk Southern—the same rail company involved in the East Palestine derailment—had a train of 212 cars derail in Springfield, Ohio. Kraig Barner, a general manager for Norfolk Southern, said Sunday that 28 of the train’s cars had derailed, the New York Timesreported. This time, the consequences were not as severe and the crash entaile...
Ohio lawmakers are calling for stricter oversight. “The railroad’s got a lot of questions they’ve got to answer and they really haven’t really done it very well yet,” Sen. Sherrod Brown, an Ohio Democrat, told ABC’s This Week on Sunday. Brown and fellow Ohio Sen. JD Vance, a Republican, have introduced a bill that would require increased planning f...
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Jun 28, 2023 · A destroyed truck lies near a derailed Amtrak train in Moorpark, Calif., on Wednesday, June 28, 2023. Authorities say the Amtrak passenger train carrying 190 passengers derailed after striking a vehicle on tracks in Southern California. Only minor injuries were reported.
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Jun 29, 2023 · MOORPARK — An Amtrak train carrying nearly 200 passengers struck a county water truck and derailed on Wednesday in Southern California, critically injuring the truck’s driver, authorities said....
