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Railroad Accident Deaths

Man wearing iPod hit and killed by train near rail crossing in KY

September 24, 2011
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A 21 year-old Kentucky man was kit and killed by a CSX train as he walked near the tracks while wearing and iPod. The accident happened near a railroad crossing in Williamsburg. The man, identified as Steven Gabriel Dizney, lived less than 200 yards from the tracks. He had left his home along North 6th […]

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Arkansas garbage truck driver hit by train is dead after railroad crossing accident

June 12, 2011
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A garbage truck driver is dead after being hit by a Union Pacific train at a railroad crossing near Hope, AR. Arkansas State Police say the accident happened shortly after 1:00 P.M. on Thursday. The crash happened East of the Hope airport near the intersection of U.S. Highway 278 and Arkansas Highway 32. Railroad workers […]

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Michigan 6th grader crossing railroad track hit by train, killed

June 12, 2011
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An 11 year-old boy was hit and killed by a train at a railroad crossing in Lapeer County, Michigan at about 7:00 A.M. Thursday morning. Witnesses say that the boy was trying to beat the train across the track when he was struck. The boy, Tomas Rodriguez, was on his way to school at the […]

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Pedestrian death from VA railroad crossing accident : Railroad Lawyer

June 4, 2011
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A CSX train hit and kill a pedestrian in Scottsville, VA earlier this week. It was the fourth railroad-related death this year in Virginia according to the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA). Albermarle County Police are conducting and Investigation into the facts and cause of the pedestrian and train collision. It has been reported that the […]

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Railroad crossing accident lawsuit for death of elderly couple settled

June 1, 2011
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A railroad crossing accident lawsuit arising out of the death of an elderly couple at a malfunctioning CSX rail crossing in a town South of Rochester, NY has been settled. The confidential settlement was reached shortly before the case was to go to trial. While the terms of the settlement are confidential, the railroad attorney […]

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South Carolina train crossing crash kills grandmother : Railroad Lawyer

May 21, 2011
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A car and train railroad crossing accident near Columbia, SC took the life of an 82 year-old grandmother. The train crash and her death came as a shock to the driver of the car, her 20 year-old grandson. She was passenger in his car, which became stuck on the railroad tracks after he swerved to […]

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Idaho car v. train crossing accident kills man

May 16, 2011
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Boise, ID — A 77 year-old man died after his car was hit by an oncoming BNSF train in a railroad crossing accident near Bonners Ferry in Northern Idaho. The car and train crash occurred at a private crossing near the city’s municipal golf course. It is being investigated by the Idaho State Police and […]

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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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CA railroad crossing death was accident waiting to happen. Lawsuit?

April 18, 2011
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Palo Alto, CA — An Indiana woman died in a car train crash during rush hour at a railroad crossing in California on April 15. Local residents say it was a deadly accident waiting happen. The woman’s death followed dozens of near misses between cars and Caltrain at the Palo Alto crossing. Volunteer "Track Watch" […]

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Iowa railroad crossing accident kills elderly couple stopped on tracks

March 3, 2011
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Mechanicsville, IA — An elderly couple was killed in a railroad crossing accident in Iowa when the truck in which they were traveling was hit by a train. They were stopped on the railroad tracks in their Pontiac Torrent SUV and hit by an eastbound Union Pacific train. The crash occurred at about 2:45 A.M. […]

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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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