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Rosedale train derailment leads to suit against truck driver
The rail transport company CSX is suing the truck driver involved in last month's Rosedale train crash, arguing that he did not take proper care when crossing the railroad tracks. The suit, filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Baltimore, names John...
Tags: Car Safety Tips and Advice, Railway Transportation, Justice System, Railway Accidents, Transportation Industry
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Feds considering call to reopen TWA Flight 800 investigation
Federal officials are weighing a request to reopen the investigation of the 1996 explosion and crash of TWA Flight 800 that went down off the coast of Long Island, killing all 230 people aboard. A group of former investigators, interviewed in a...
Tags: Explosions, John F. Kennedy, Long Island, Entertainment, Transportation Industry
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Former TWA Flight 800 investigators want new probe
NEW YORK (AP) — Former investigators of the TWA Flight 800 crash off Long Island are calling on the National Transportation Safety Board to re-examine the case. The retired investigators claim that findings were "falsified." A documentary on the...Tags: Long Island, Transportation Industry
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Federal agency launches app to aid rail-crossing safety
Less than a month after a fiery train derailment in Rosedale, the Federal Railroad Administration Tuesday launched a smartphone mobile application to provide safety information about more than 200,000 highway-rail grade crossings. The free app, Rail...
Tags: Railway Accidents, Transportation Industry, New Products, Transportation Accidents, Rosedale (Baltimore, Maryland)
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After Worker's Death, NTSB Urges Metro-North To Improve Safety Procedures
The Hartford CourantLess than three weeks after a fast-moving Metro-North train struck and killed a track worker near West Haven, federal investigators on Monday issued an "urgent safety recommendation" saying the railroad should act quickly and start using a basic safety...Tags: West Haven, Railway Transportation, Accidental Death, Health and Safety at Work, Transportation Industry
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Balto. Co. train derailment drew 911 calls from miles away
An employee at a scaffolding company next to the railroad tracks in Rosedale was one of the first people to see the train leave its tracks after it rammed into a truck last month. "There's just a train wreck in front of us and it's on fire," the man...
Tags: Motorvehicle Accidents, Explosions, Railway Accidents, Emergency Incidents, Transportation Industry
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Video Shows Plane's-Eye View of 2012 Fairbanks Crash
Channel 2 NewsAn online video is offering a dramatic look at a 2012 plane crash near the Fairbanks International Airport that left two people with minor injuries. The National Transportation Safety Board’s probable cause report on the crash of the...Tags: Air and Space Accidents, Transportation Industry, Transportation Accidents
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Former Iron Dog Racer's Condition Improves after Plane Crash
Channel 2 NewsIt's been almost four months since a plane following the Iron Dog snowmachine race crashed near the Rainy Pass Lodge, badly injuring both pilot Robert Stone and his passenger, former Iron Dog racer Jason Wichman. Wichman suffered brain trauma and is now...Tags: Air and Space Accidents, Coma, Transportation Industry, Transportation Accidents, Auction Service
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New details emerge in probe of Rosedale train derailment
The National Transportation Safety Board released new details Wednesday on its investigation into last month's train derailment and explosion in Rosedale, finding that more chemicals were released in the crash than originally reported. NTSB...
Tags: Motorvehicle Accidents, U.S. Department of Transportation, Railway Accidents, Explosions, Emergency Incidents
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Medical chopper crashes in Oklahoma
KWCH 12 Eyewitness NewsWichita based EagleMed is dealing with its third fatal crash in three years. One of the company's helicopters crashed in Oklahoma Tuesday night, killing the patient on board and injuring three others. The crew was not from Kansas. No names have been...Tags: Air and Space Accidents, Lunesta (drug), Accidental Death, Nursing Homes, Transportation Industry
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Pilot Unharmed and Identified in Willow Plane Crash
Channel 2 NewsSTORY UPDATED AT 1:43 p.m. at 6/11/13: Alaska State Troopers identified the pilot involved in a Willow Lake plane crash that happened Monday afternoon as Roger Anderson, 66 of Willow, and he was the sole occupant. Alaska Wildlife Troopers responded to...Tags: Air and Space Accidents, Transportation Industry, Dwayne Johnson, Transportation Accidents
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Cell phone use while driving should be illegal
During the evening rush hour on September 12, 2008, a Metrolink commuter train plowed into a Union Pacific freight locomotive in Chatsworth, California, killing 25 people and injuring 135 in one of the worst train accident in the U. S. Cell phone...Tags: Union Pacific Corporation, Colleges and Universities, University of Michigan, Hampton University, Transportation Industry
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