trains
Residents have been evacuated following a train derailment in Raymond, Minnesota. According to an initial statement from the Raymond Fire Department, the derailment occurred around 1 a.m. local time on Thursday, at which point locals were urged to seek shelter at a school in nearby Prinsburg. A highway was quickly closed in connection with the […]
On Feb. 3 of this year, multiple cars carrying hazardous chemicals as part of a train operated by Norfolk Southern were confirmed to have derailed in the East Palestine area of Ohio. Developments surrounding the troublingly toxic event have continued to spill out in the weeks since, with updates from the scene of the crash […]
Norfolk Southern has confirmed another train derailment. According to Fox News, the incident occurred in Lexington, North Carolina, on Saturday morning, nearly a month after a fire train crash wreaked havoc in a small Ohio town. A spokesperson for Norfolk Southern said the latest derailment involved a 132-car freight train, of which only one car fell off the […]
A man was fatally dragged Wednesday after his dog’s leash got caught in the doors of a train in Virginia. Surveillance footage shows the unidentified man stepping onto the Dunn Loring Metro platform with his dog’s leash tied to him, as reported by WUSA. A spokesperson for WMATA said the operator’s cabin was about 450 feet away from the victim […]
An Oregon woman is accused of pushing a 3-year-old child off a platform and onto the train tracks in an unprovoked attack last week. Breanna Workman, 32, has been charged with first-degree attempted assault, third-degree assault, interfering with public transportation, second-degree disorderly conduct, and recklessly endangering another person, according to a press release from the Multnomah County […]
Three people were killed and at least 50 were injured when an Amtrak train collided with a dump truck in Missouri Monday, The Kansas City Star reports. Missouri State Highway Patrol spokesperson Cpl. Justin Dunn said seven cars were derailed following the collision at an uncontrolled intersection in which there are no warning lights or motion gates, per […]
A man was stabbed in a Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority station this past Sunday after he reportedly got into an altercation with another man for not flushing the toilet behind him. According to Mass Live, police arrested 42-year-old Hector Avededo after he allegedly got into an altercation with a 33-year-old man who refused to flush the […]
At least 23 people are dead after the collapse of a Mexico City metro train overpass. The overpass collapsed onto a road in the borough of Tláhuac, per the Associated Press. According to current Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum, a support beam gave way as the train passed over it, with footage and photos of […]
New York City’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority is partnering with Nicolas Heller, better known as @NewYorkNico, to find iconic New Yorkers to deliver subway and bus announcements next year. Heller has chosen to open the floor to his followers for suggestion on who the announcers should be. The self-proclaimed “unofficial talent scout of New York City” said some […]
The man that attempted to abduct a woman on a New York City train arrested, the local New York’s Pix11 reports. On Monday, police arrested 48-year-old Sonny Alloway in the Bronx. Alloway is accused of being the subject of a now-viral video. In the clip that was taken around 2:30 a.m. on Monday, Alloway is seen looking […]
