Train Crash
A passenger from the Missouri Amtrak derailment shares details of the response involving nearly 20 local and state agencies
Video from Hoboken commuter train crash showcases best practices for staging ambulances at a mass casualty incident
What are the immediate hazard assessment and incident management tasks for the EMS crew that witnesses this incident?
One car from the train derailed during the collision near Keenesburg
Several patients were transported to hospitals after the two front cars of the train derailed outside of Orinda
A Portland streetcar driver and passenger were injured in a collision with a light rail train
First responders in Cincinnati had difficulty reaching the SUV after it had been pushed past the crossing
A tractor-trailer driver was killed after a train carrying coal derailed and fell onto a highway near Pueblo
The train’s engineer and a motorist flashed warnings and honked before the SUV into the train’s path
Approximately 100 riders were on the train when it derailed near the Jamaica, Queens station
3 cars of a 7-car Amtrak train derailed after colliding with a truck in Ventura County
Federal regulators propose every railroad, nearly 600, push out details on chemicals carried to every first responder near a derailment
Five people were transported to hospitals, while others walked to get medical help after the commuter train crash
A fund created by the measure would give first responders financial resources to replace equipment, pay workers overtime and address other urgent costs
Several passengers were trapped inside the train after the incident; providers transported six Silver Dollar City visitors and one employee
A Frederick County Department of Fire and Rescue crew transported the truck driver to a hospital
Mo. firefighter Todd Covington described the derailment and aftermath, saying, the scouts “probably saved 20 or 30 people’s lives”
“I am extremely proud this evening to be a part of the central Missouri EMS region,” trauma surgeon Dr. Jeffery Coughenour said
Amtrak’s Southwest Chief Train 4 was traveling from Los Angeles to Chicago when it struck a dump truck at a crossing
Security footage shows the moment the overpass collapsed, sending train cars and debris onto the road below
Video showed more than 10 train cars derailed and flames shooting from the wreckage
More than 40 firefighters and 15 ambulance crews responded to the incident
“One of the hardest things to do, as any disciplined first responder, is not to immediately engage the sick and injured”
Amtrak’s Silver Star was on its way from New York to Miami with eight crew members and about 140 passengers when the crash happened
Several GOP lawmakers who are doctors got off the train to assist and treat some of the victims
Timmy Brodigan has spent over a month in the hospital since the derailment to regain movement in his body after becoming paralyzed
One Metrorail train rear-ended another train that had failed as a result of a technical problem
Authorities blamed a truck driver for allegedly trying to cross the tracks just ahead of the oncoming train, part of which burst into flames after the collision
Calls from the train’s riders, freeway motorists and witnesses flooded the dispatch center as desperate voices explained a widespread disaster
