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Pedestrian Train Accidents

Wisconsin boy hit by train loses leg in pedestrian train accident

May 1, 2011
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Milwaukee, WI — An 11 year-old Wisconsin boy run over by a train lost his foot and part of his leg. The train did not stop after the accident, but continued down the railroad tracks. Milwaukee police say the train’s engineer had not been aware of the pedestrian/train accident and the boy’s tragic injury. Before […]

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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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Train kills pedestrian in Missouri railroad crossing accident

February 22, 2011
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Camden County, MO — A 77 year-old Missouri woman was hit by a train and killed Tuesday morning in Camden County. The woman is reported to have been struck by a northbound BNSF freight train while trying to walk over and cross a set of two railroad tracks on MO Route T in Stoutland. The […]

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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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