Train Crash
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Calls from the train’s riders, freeway motorists and witnesses flooded the dispatch center as desperate voices explained a widespread disaster
In audio released from the call, a crew member tells a dispatcher what is going on while other members can be heard radioing for help
About 35 military personnel from the nearby Joint Base Lewis-McChord were among the first to respond to the derailment
Seventy-eight passengers and five crew members were aboard when the train moving at more than 80 mph derailed
The man inside was in stable condition; he was conscious and talking when taken to the hospital
Rescue officials said there was a total of 70 passengers on the train but none suffered injuries
An inbound train crashed into an unoccupied train at the 69th Street Terminal
The impact of the crash smashed the nose of the train and left it hanging off one side
A train was approaching Washington Central Station when the two workers were struck
The train, with 70 passengers on board, went off the rails and crashed through a house
The March 7 crash left four dead and dozens injured
The bus was carrying people on a trip organized by a Texas senior center
Officials said it’s not clear why the passengers were on the train since it wasn’t in service; a train operator is in critical condition
The train had erratically changed speeds in the three minutes before the crash, accelerating and decelerating between 2 and 10 mph
The front of the slow-moving train hit a bumping block as it pulled into the terminal, left the tracks and smashed into a small structure
Some people were carried away on stretchers, while others sat outside the train holding ice packs to their heads
A rail official said two coaches toppled off a bridge and fell into a dry canal bed
Two tank cars, carrying propane-butane and propylene, derailed at a station, hit electricity lines and exploded
The conductor and engineer killed in the crash were likely sleeping in their southbound train as it sped through a stop signal and hit a northbound train
Rescue workers, soldiers and members of India’'s disaster management force pulled out people trapped inside the twisted metal and overturned coaches
The London Ambulance Service described many of those hurt as “walking wounded,” but said others suffered serious injuries
Journalists are being blocked from the scene by angry crowds, making it difficult to determine any death toll
Dozens of firefighters and police officers were at the scene of the derailment; 11 people were hospitalized
Photos from the scene show a damaged rail car inside the station, surrounded by debris
Two four-car trains collided head on in Italy, killing at least 22 and injuring many others
Officials said it took firefighters 15 minutes to free the woman from the wreckage
Emergency personnel at the scene of Tuesday’s collision have moved to a recovery operation
Three crew members are missing and one was injured after the head-on collision Tuesday
The girl’s family was killed after a train hit their van at a railroad crossing
