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Passenger Train Crashes

Boy, 14, hit and killed by train near St. Louis in Kirkwood, MO

May 31, 2012
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A 14-year-old boy was hit and killed by an Amtrak passenger train near Kirkwood, MO, late Wednesday. Cameron Vennard was walking across the railroad tracks toward the downtown area of the St. Louis suburb when the train came around a bend, heading west to Kansas City. The accident happened in a wooded area, not near […]

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Amtrak trains crash and derail at California station, 18 injured

October 18, 2011
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An Amtrak train crashed into another at the Jack London Amtrak station in Oakland, CA on October 12. Both locomotive engines derailed and eighteen people were injured in the crash. The accident occurred when the San Joaquin train from Bakersfield to Oakland ran a red light at the station and hit the stationary Coast Starlight […]

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New Jersey PATH train crash injures 34 people : Railroad Lawsuit News

May 9, 2011
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Hoboken, NJ — A PATH commuter train from New York crashed into the bumpers at the end of the track when it pulled into the train station in Hoboken, NJ. on Sunday morning.  Injuries were suffered by 34 train passengers.   Train service was shut down for hours. Many of the injured train passengers were taken […]

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3 Louisiana train crashes within 24 hours kill 2, injure 7

April 24, 2011
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Louisiana — Three separate train crashes within 24 hours left 2 people dead and seven inured in Louisiana on Wednesday, April 20, 2011.

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Pedestrian killed crossing train tracks in St. Louis, MO suburb

February 13, 2011
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St. Louis, MO — A westbound passenger train hit and killed a pedestrian crossing railroad tracks near St. Louis, MO. The engineer stopped the train and reported the death before continuing on to Kansas City, MO. The accident was the second pedestrian train accident death in Webster Groves since October 2010.

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2008 LA Metrolink train crash settlement: Victims speak out

February 8, 2011
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Los Angeles, CA — A Los Angeles Superior Court judge will hear testimony from passengers injured in the 2008 Chatsworth Metrolink train crash and survivors of passengers who were killed in the accident. The Court will decide how the $200 million settlement fund will be divided among the clamiants.

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