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Man in Wisconsin truck-train crash not injured

December 4, 2011
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A train crashed into a pickup truck towing a trailer that stalled on the tracks at a railroad crossing in Marshfield, Wisconsin on Saturday morning. While it is common for truck-train accidents to result in serious personal injury or death, the driver of the truck was able to escape his vehicle before it was hit […]

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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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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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Truck hit by train at crossing near Houston, TX : Railroad Lawyer News

May 11, 2011
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Houston, TX — A train hit an 18-wheeler at a railroad crossing in Sugar Land, Texas at about 10:00 A.M. this morning. The semi truck was on its way to deliver canned food to a prison when it was hit by the northbound freight train. The railroad crossing accident happened near the Texas Department of […]

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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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