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  • Train kills at least 60 people watching fireworks in India during festival

    10/20/2018 4:56:19 AM PDT · by Simon Green · 37 replies
    ABC ^ | 10/19/18
    Railway police said 60 people died in a "freak accident" which happened when the sound of fireworks at the Dussehra festival on the outskirts of Amritsar made it impossible for people to hear the commuter train bearing down on them. At least 50 injured people were admitted to hospital. A witness said the train did not even sound its whistle as it sped past the site. "Why did authorities allow the fireworks display so close to the railroad track?'" he asked. Punjab's Chief Minister Amarinder Singh said he was rushing to Amritsar to supervise relief and rescue operations. "District authorities...
  • Metrolink slams stalled trailer

    01/08/2009 12:44:47 PM PST · by BenLurkin · 4 replies · 292+ views
    Valley Press on ^ | Thursday, January 8, 2009. | DAISY RATZLAFF
    Five Metrolink passengers suffered what authorities described as minor injuries Wednesday after a train en route from Lancaster to Los Angeles Union Station struck a trailer pulled by a truck that had stalled at a railway crossing. The truck driver, who had no license or identification, was arrested shortly after the crash, said Deputy David Royston of Lancaster's Traffic Detail. The driver and a companion tried to flag down the approaching train after the truck stalled. The engineer braked but could not stop in time. Deputies said the train was traveling south at 70 mph when officials saw the truck...
  • Metrolink: Engineer Responsible For Deadly Crash

    09/13/2008 5:20:07 PM PDT · by BenLurkin · 46 replies · 914+ views
    cbs2.com ^ | Sep 13, 2008 3:17 pm US/Pacific
    LOS ANGELES (CBS) ― A commuter train engineer who ran a stop signal was blamed Saturday for the nation's deadliest rail disaster in 15 years, a wreck that killed at least 25 people with more bodies still to be pulled from the smoldering, twisted metal. A preliminary investigation found that "it was a Metrolink engineer that failed to stop at a red signal and that was the probable cause" of Friday's collision with a freight train in Los Angeles' San Fernando Valley, Metrolink spokeswoman Denise Tyrrell said. She said she believes the engineer, whose name was not released, is dead....
  • High-speed trains to stop in Palmdale

    01/27/2005 6:50:23 PM PST · by BenLurkin · 3 replies · 360+ views
    Valley Press ^ | on Thursday, January 27, 2005. | LISA WAHLA HOWARD
    SACRAMENTO - It's official; the Antelope Valley will have high-speed trains whizzing through it and stopping at a Palmdale station someday, if the $35 billion rail system actually is constructed. The state's High Speed Rail Authority board voted Wednesday on the rail line's route, which will include a section through the Antelope Valley on its way from Bakersfield to Los Angeles. Palmdale officials have lobbied hard for the selection, citing the growing population of the Antelope Valley that would benefit with a quicker link to downtown Los Angeles and elsewhere. "This is great news for the Antelope Valley," said John...
  • Time to Get a New Phone

    10/31/2003 11:50:22 AM PST · by Calpernia · 24 replies · 257+ views
    1010 WINS, NEW YORK ^ | Oct 30, 2003 11:43 pm US/Eastern | 1010Wins
    A man's arm got stuck in the toilet of a commuter train when he tried to fish out his dropped cell phone -- halting his train and sending delays throughout the rail system. Thousands of commuters were delayed and several trains were rerouted while rescue workers tried to pull him out, a Metro-North Railroad spokesman said Thursday. "When this moron's arm went down the crapper, so did our evening commute," said Metro North's Dan Brucker. Edwin Gallart, 41, of the Bronx, dropped his cell phone in the toilet of his Mount Vernon-bound train shortly after it left Grand Central Terminal...