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Virginia Mayor Showed Up at Train Derailment Drunk: Cops

Rich Creek mayor Paul Morrison charged with public intoxication at scene

(Newser) - A Virginia mayor who won office on a write-in wave is now facing a very different kind of attention. Paul Morrison, the 57-year-old mayor of Rich Creek, was arrested Tuesday and charged with public intoxication after authorities say he showed up drunk at the site of a Norfolk Southern train...

Freight Train Carrying Propane Derails in Connecticut

Shelter-in-place order issued in Mansfield area

(Newser) - A freight train derailed Thursday in Connecticut, sending cars carrying hazardous materials tumbling into a river, though officials say they don't appear to be leaking. Local and state officials said the incident happened shortly before 9:30am along the Willimantic River, in a rural part of Mansfield that's...

Kentucky Train Derailment Spills Molten Sulfur

Shelter-in-place order was lifted after 4 hours

(Newser) - A morning freight train derailment in rural western Kentucky briefly sent nearby residents indoors after a car carrying molten sulfur began leaking, officials say. About 30 rail cars from a CSX train left the tracks around 7am Thursday in Todd County, prompting authorities to issue a half-mile shelter-in-place order that...

Interoceanic Train Derails in Mexico, Killing 13

Nearly 100 passengers were injured

(Newser) - A train accident in southern Mexico killed at least 13 people and injured dozens on a rail line connecting the Pacific Ocean with the Gulf of Mexico, per the AP . The Interoceanic Train linking the states of Oaxaca and Veracruz went off the rails Sunday as it passed a curve...

First One Streetcar Glitched. Then Another Went Flying

Witnesses say both streetcars encountered issues in Portuguese capital of Lisbon before fatal crash

(Newser) - A witness in Lisbon said it sounded like a bomb went off just after 6pm Wednesday. In fact, a carriage on the Portuguese capital city's famous Gloria funicular derailed , descending about 800 feet down a steep hill and quickly gaining speed until it crashed into a building, crumpling and...

At Least 15 Dead in Lisbon Derailment

Famous electric streetcar crashed into building in center of Portuguese capital

(Newser) - At least 15 people were killed and 18 others were injured Wednesday in a horrific accident on Lisbon's famous Elevador de Gloria electric streetcar. The car on the funicular cable railway, which carries people up and down a steep hillside, derailed, and crashed into a building in the city...

Beaver Dam Blamed for Train Derailment

3 engines, 6 train cars came off the tracks in derailment in rural Maine

(Newser) - A beaver dam is to blame for a derailment that caused a forest fire in Maine in 2023, authorities say. Maine Land Use Planning Commission official Audie Arbo said Wednesday that "a vast amount of water" came through culverts and washed out part of the track after a flow...

Suit on Ohio Train Derailment: 'Our Clients Want Truth'

Complaint against Norfolk Southern alleges people died as a result of 2023 disaster in East Palestine

(Newser) - A lawsuit alleging for the first time that people died due to the disastrous 2023 train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, has been filed ahead of Monday's second anniversary of the toxic crash near the Ohio-Pennsylvania border amid a flurry of new litigation. On Monday, Vice President JD Vance...

Freight Train Wreck Kills 2 Rail Employees

Union president calls crash a wake-up call after safety measures have stalled

(Newser) - Two Union Pacific employees were killed and three people were injured when a freight train collided with a tractor-trailer and derailed in a small West Texas city, authorities said Thursday. The train derailed around 5pm Wednesday in Pecos after the collision at a railway crossing, authorities said. The hazardous materials...

Judge OKs $600M Settlement for Residents Near Derailment

Norfolk Southern's payments peak for those living closest to the site

(Newser) - A federal judge on Wednesday approved a $600 million class-action settlement that Norfolk Southern railroad offered to everyone who lived within 20 miles of last year's disastrous derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. Judge Benita Pearson gave the deal final approval after a hearing in which the lawyers who negotiated...

Railroad, Government Reach a Figure on Ohio Derailment

Cleanup, claims, and safety upgrades to cost Norfolk Southern $500M

(Newser) - Norfolk Southern has reached an agreement with the federal government to pay more than $310 million to settle claims and cover costs stemming from the derailment last year of a freight train carrying hazardous materials in Ohio. The railroad also will spend $200 million on safety upgrades, Politico reports. In...

Freight Train Crash Shuts Down Highway as Railcars Burn

No injuries reported after accident involving fuel-carrying train near Arizona-New Mexico border

(Newser) - A freight train carrying fuel derailed and caught fire Friday near the Arizona-New Mexico state line, forcing the closure of an interstate highway that serves as a key trucking route. Initial passersby posted video and photos on social media of crumpled train cars and billowing, black smoke. No injuries were...

East Palestine Crash Costs Railroad Another $600M

Norfolk Southern makes hefty settlement in class-action lawsuit in 2023 Ohio derailment

(Newser) - Norfolk Southern has agreed to pay $600 million in a class-action lawsuit settlement related to a fiery train derailment in February 2023 in eastern Ohio. The company said Tuesday that the agreement, if approved by the court, will resolve all class-action claims within a 20-mile radius from the derailment and,...

3 Trains Crash in Pennsylvania
3 Trains Crash in Pennsylvania
Mar 2, 2024 3:00 PM CST

3 Trains Crash in Pennsylvania

Officials say no injuries were reported

(Newser) - Authorities say three trains were involved in a collision and derailment in eastern Pennsylvania on Saturday morning that caused no reported injuries or evacuations but left railroad cars scattered along a riverbank and at least one partially in the river. Officials in Northampton County said the derailment was reported at...

Biden Gets Tough Reception at Site of 2023 Derailment

In Ohio, president promises continuing federal help

(Newser) - President Biden on Friday surveyed the federal cleanup in East Palestine, Ohio, more than a year after an explosive fire following the derailment of a train loaded with hazardous chemicals, and saw up close the lingering hostility from victims still angry that he waited so long to visit them. Aides...

Residents Can Return Home After Kentucky Derailment

Train company says chemical fire has been extinguished

(Newser) - A chemical fire at a Kentucky train derailment that caused evacuations has been extinguished and people can return to their homes, rail operator CSX said Thursday. CSX spokesperson Bryan Tucker said Thursday afternoon that authorities and CSX officials reviewed air monitoring data and decided it was safe to let displaced...

30 Killed When Express Train Derails in Pakistan

More than 90 others hurt

(Newser) - Ten cars of a passenger train derailed in southern Pakistan on Sunday, killing 30 people and injuring more than 90 others, officials said. Some of the derailed cars on the Hazara Express train overturned in the crash near the town of Nawabshah, senior railway officer Mahmoodur Rehman Lakho said. The...

13 Hurt in New York City Train Derailment

2 of those received serious injuries, but all are expected to recover

(Newser) - Two people were seriously injured and 11 others hurt when a commuter train derailed in New York City on Thursday, officials said. About 100 riders were on the Long Island Rail Road train when it derailed shortly after 11am east of the Jamaica station in Queens, a Metropolitan Transportation Authority...

Amtrak Train With 198 Passengers Derailed

15 were hospitalized, most with minor injuries, after train hit water truck near LA

(Newser) - Three cars of an Amtrak train traveling from Los Angeles to Seattle derailed Wednesday morning after it struck a water truck on the tracks, authorities say. Amtrak says 198 passengers and 13 crew were on the train when it hit the irrigation truck in Moorpark, around 50 miles northwest of...

Dozens Dead, Hundreds Trapped as Indian Trains Derail

Accident happened in Odisha state

(Newser) - Two passenger trains derailed in India on Friday, killing at least 50 people and trapping hundreds of others inside more than a dozen damaged coaches, officials said. About 400 people were injured and taken to hospitals after the accident, which happened nearly 1,000 miles northwest of the capital of...

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