Category: derailment

Fifth Person Found Dead After German Train Derailment

BERLIN—Emergency workers found another body under the rubble of a train that derailed in southern Germany on Friday, bringing the total number of fatalities to five, police said on Saturday. Another 44 people were hurt in the derailment, with some suffering from serious injuries, local police said in a tweet. After several failed attempts, cranes…


Train Strikes Truck Northeast of Pittsburgh, Sending Derailed Cars Into Inlet Near Allegheny River

From Pittsburgh Post-Gazette PITTSBURGH—More than a dozen train cars derailed Thursday afternoon after a train collided with a dump truck in Harmar, sending many of the cars into an inlet along the Allegheny River. County dispatchers said the derailment occurred around 3:50 p.m. in the 2400 block of Freeport Road in Harmar. The area is…


Washington Subway System Will Temporarily Remove Some Trains, Operators

WASHINGTON—The Washington-area subway system said Sunday nearly half of the system’s 500 rail operators have lapsed recertification and will remove some from service, a decision that will lead to temporarily delays in some train services. The system known as the Metro, which serves the District of Columbia and parts of nearby Virginia and Maryland, will…


Congo Freight Train Derailment Kills 75 in South

At least 75 people have died after a train derailed in Congo’s southern Lualaba province in Kinteta village. The toll from the freight train derailment last week rose from 60 to at least 75 over the weekend, Lualaba’s provincial minister of interior Deodat Kapenda said. Those dead were likely illegal stowaways, according to U.N. Radio…


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.