NORWALK, Conn.—A commuter train collided with a pickup truck in Connecticut on Wednesday, injuring the driver and heavily damaging the vehicle, authorities said. The crash happened just before 11:30 a.m. at a Metro-North Railroad street crossing in Norwalk that has warning lights and gates, according to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. None of the 24 passengers…
Commuter Train Collides With Truck in Connecticut, Pickup Driver Hospitalized in Serious Condition
June 14, 2023
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Two Full-Capacity Passenger Trains Collide With Goods Train in India, Leading to ‘Monumental Tragedy’
NEW DELHI—Over 275 people lost their lives and over 1,000 more were injured in Balasore in Odisha, on the East coast of India, on June 2 In a tragic three-way accident between two passenger trains and a goods train. The state government said death figures were at 275 while the BBC and some Indian media…
One Killed When Metrolink Train Strikes Car in Los Angeles
May 16, 2023
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SUN VALLEY, Calif.—One person was killed May 16 when a Metrolink train struck a vehicle in the Sun Valley area. The crash occurred around 3:20 p.m. near Coldwater Canyon Avenue and Raymer Street, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department. Responding crews found the mangled vehicle on the scene, and one person was reported to…
3 Dead in Bulgaria as Passenger Train Hits Truck at Crossing
SOFIA, Bulgaria—Three people were killed when a passenger train crashed into a truck at an unguarded railway crossing in northwestern Bulgaria Tuesday, authorities said. The accident occurred near Gara Oreshets, at 1:35 p.m. local time (1135 GMT), police said. According to initial data, the three victims were the truck driver and the two train drivers….
Dozens Injured in Train Crash in Northwestern Slovakia
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia—A train engine hit a stopped passenger train in Slovakia on Friday, injuring dozens of people, four of them seriously, police said. There were around 100 people on the train at the time of the crash, which occurred near the town of Vrutky in the northwestern part of the country. One passenger with serious…
Train Driver Dies and Dozens Injured in Crash Near Barcelona
SANT BOI DE LLOBREGAT, Spain—The driver of a suburban passenger train died and dozens were lightly injured after two trains crashed outside Barcelona on Monday evening, Catalan regional authorities said. Some 85 people were injured according to regional emergency services, who said 77 were released on the spot and eight were taken to hospital. The…
Official: Death Toll Rises to 65 in Pakistan Train Collision
GHOTKI, Pakistan—The death toll from a horrific collision of two trains in southern Pakistan rose to 65 on Tuesday after rescuers pulled 15 more bodies from crumpled cars a day after the crash, government officials said. The collision took place on a dilapidated railway track in Ghotki, a district in Sindh province, when an express…
Egypt Says 11 Killed in Train Crash North of Cairo
CAIRO—A passenger train derailed Sunday north of Cairo, killing at least 11 people, Egyptian authorities said. It was the latest of several rail accidents to hit the country in recent years. Four train wagons ran off the railway at the city of Banha in Qalyubia province, just outside Cairo, the railway authority said in a…
Taiwan Prosecutors Seek Arrest in Deadly Train Crash
Prosecutors in Taiwan on Saturday sought an arrest warrant for the owner of an unmanned truck that rolled onto a train track.
Taiwan Train Crash Kills 41 in Deadliest Rail Tragedy in Decades
TAIPEI—At least 41 people were killed and more than 60 injured after a Taiwanese train carrying almost 500 passengers derailed in a tunnel on Friday when it apparently hit a truck that slid off a road leading to a nearby construction site. The crash, which also killed the train’s driver, is the island’s worst rail…
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