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2 Teens on Railroad Bridge Killed in Derailment

19-year-old friends had been tweeting pics just before

(Newser) - Two 19-year-old college students who were happily tweeting photos of themselves atop a railroad bridge in Maryland were killed when a coal train derailed at the site last night, reports NBC Washington . The best guess is that the teens were sitting on the edge of the bridge in Ellicott City...

Ohio Train Derailment: 'Like Sun Exploded'

It could have been much worse, Columbus mayor says

(Newser) - Life imitating Super 8? National Transportation Safety Board investigators are probing a train derailment that caused a fire and several spectacular explosions in Columbus, Ohio, early yesterday morning, the AP reports. Sixteen of the train's 98 cars, including three carrying 30,000 gallons of ethanol each, came off the...

India Train Collision Kills 25
 India Train Collision Kills 25 
May 22, 2012 8:59 AM CDT

India Train Collision Kills 25

At least 40 hospitalized with injuries

(Newser) - A passenger train rammed into a parked freight train and caught fire before dawn today in southern India, killing at least 25 people and injuring dozens more. Rescuers worked for about six hours to pull some 70 survivors from the twisted and smoldering wreckage near the southwestern border of Andhra...

3 Killed, 46 Hurt in Canadian Train Crash

Derailment claims lives of 3 railway workers

(Newser) - Two locomotive engineers and a trainee were killed when a train derailed in Burlington, Ontario. Another railway worker and 45 passengers were injured when the train, headed to Toronto from Niagara Falls, came off the rails in an industrial district, the Toronto Star reports. The accident happened in good weather...

India Train Crash Kills 21, Injures at Least 100
 India Train Derails, Kills 31 
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Jul 10, 2011 9:39 AM CDT

India Train Derails, Kills 31

Cause for commuter train crash unknown

(Newser) - Rescuers searched through the wreckage of a packed express train for people trapped inside after it derailed in northern India today, killing at least 31 and injuring more than 100 others, officials said. The Kalka Mail train was on its way to Kalka, in the foothills of the Himalayas, from...

Train Derails, Hangs Over Cliff

All passengers survive terrifying accident

(Newser) - Nine passengers were hurt and many more nearly frightened to death when a Scottish train derailed and caught fire last night, the Guardian reports. Two cars of the train were left dangling over a embankment after the accident, from which passengers were evacuated. The injured were airlifted to a hospital...

25 Killed in Russian Train Crash

Officials suspect terrorist attack

(Newser) - Russian authorities suspect terrorism is behind a train derailment that killed at least 22 people last night. Dozens of others were injured when the Moscow-St Petersburg train came off the tracks, the Guardian reports. A crater was found beside the tracks, leading officials to believe a bomb could have been...

Boston Trains Collide; Young Operator Killed

Female operator of one remains trapped in wreckage

(Newser) - A commuter train slammed into the rear of another during rush hour near Boston today, killing the operator of one of the trains, the Boston Globe reports. The victim, a 24-year-old woman, had been on the job less than a year. The cause remains unclear, and one person is still...

Deadly Pakistan Train Crash
Deadly Pakistan Train Crash
Dec 19, 2007 4:10 AM CST

Deadly Pakistan Train Crash

Survivors trapped in wreckage

(Newser) - At least 41 people were killed early today when the Karachi Express derailed, and Pakistani rescue workers were scrambling to pull survivors from the twisted wreckage, CNN reports. Over 135 people were injured when 12 of the train's 17 cars overturned. Over a thousand people were on the train, many...

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