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Slovak train and bus collision that killed 7 was likely caused by human error, minister says

Jun. 28, 2024 09:48 AM EDT

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — A collision between a EuroCity train with a bus in southern Slovakia that left seven people dead was likely caused by human error, the Slovak transport minister said on Friday. Some 200 people were aboard the train traveling from the Czech capital of...

Prague-to-Budapest train collides with a bus in Slovakia, killing 7 people and injuring 5

Jun. 27, 2024 19:44 PM EDT

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — A train traveling from the Czech capital of Prague to the Hungarian capital of Budapest collided with a local bus in southern Slovakia on Thursday, leaving at least seven people dead and five injured, officials said. Some 200 people were aboard the...

Officials evacuate area after train derails in suburban Chicago

Jun. 27, 2024 17:25 PM EDT

Emergency officials ordered what turned out to be a relatively brief evacuation after a freight train derailed in suburban Chicago on Thursday. The Canadian National Railway train derailed in the village of Matteson around 10:30 a.m. The company issued a statement about 1:30 p.m....

No injuries reported after train derails in Chicago suburb; workers look for possible hazardous materials leak

Jun. 27, 2024 13:47 PM EDT
MATTESON, Ill. (AP) — No injuries reported after train derails in Chicago suburb; workers look for possible hazardous materials leak.

Officials say a train collision with a bus in southern Slovakia has killed four people and left five injured

Jun. 27, 2024 12:48 PM EDT
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Officials say a train collision with a bus in southern Slovakia has killed four people and left five injured.

3 killed and dozens injured in northern Russia when a passenger train derails

Jun. 27, 2024 09:45 AM EDT

MOSCOW (AP) — A passenger train derailment in northern Russia killed three people and injured dozens, officials said Thursday. The 14-carriage train derailed Wednesday night in Russia's northern republic of Komi, state rail company Russian Railways said in a statement, with nine...

NTSB derailment investigation renews concerns about detectors, tank cars and Norfolk Southern

Jun. 26, 2024 19:14 PM EDT

The National Transportation Safety Board's daylong hearing on what caused the disastrous East Palestine train derailment near the Ohio-Pennsylvania border last year gave the community, railroads and policymakers plenty to think about. The NTSB confirmed the crash was caused by an...

NTSB chair says Norfolk Southern interfered with derailment probe after botching vent-and-burn call

Jun. 25, 2024 20:02 PM EDT

EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (AP) — The head of the National Transportation Safety Board said Tuesday that Norfolk Southern repeatedly tried to interfere with the agency's investigation into the East Palestine derailment and shape its conclusions about the flawed decision to blow open five tank cars and...

NTSB confirms trackside sensor didn’t catch burning rail bearing suspected in East Palestine derailment in time

Jun. 25, 2024 10:36 AM EDT
EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (AP) — NTSB confirms trackside sensor didn’t catch burning rail bearing suspected in East Palestine derailment in time.

Midwestern flooding collapses a bridge, forces evacuations and kills at least 2

Jun. 24, 2024 22:42 PM EDT

NORTH SIOUX CITY, S.D. (AP) — Flooding in the Midwestern U.S. killed at least two, collapsed a railroad bridge and sent water surging around a dam Monday after days of heavy rains that have forced hundreds of people to evacuate or be rescued from rising waters. An Illinois man died...