Latest National Transportation Safety Board News
NTSB: Crews failed to de-ice road before massive Texas crash
DALLAS (AP) — The company responsible for maintaining a Texas interstate where 130 vehicles crashed in icy conditions two years ago, killing six and injuring dozens, failed to address the deteriorating road conditions, federal officials said Thursday. That portion of Interstate 35...
Maryland police: Driver veered into a work zone, killing 6
BALTIMORE (AP) — New details are emerging about a midweek crash along the Baltimore beltway that left six construction workers dead after a driver lost control of her car and it careened into a work zone, according to Maryland State Police. Lisa Adrienna Lea, 54, was alone in an...
Norfolk Southern supports some new regs after Ohio disaster
WASHINGTON (AP) — Norfolk Southern's CEO is offering support for some parts of a bipartisan Senate bill to put tougher safety regulations on railroads after last month’s fiery hazardous materials train derailment on the Ohio-Pennsylvania border. CEO Alan Shaw is under pressure...
Safety board: Alabama derailed train lacked needed couplers
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (AP) — A Norfolk Southern train that derailed in Alabama earlier this month lacked required alignment control couplers for two of its locomotives and a company inspection did not identify their absence, federal investigators said Monday. The notation comes in one...
Train hauling corn syrup derails in Arizona; no injuries
TOPOCK, Ariz. (AP) — A freight train carrying corn syrup - not hazardous materials - derailed in western Arizona, near the state’s border with California and Nevada, BNSF Railway said. Railway spokesperson Lena Kent said there were no injuries in the derailment near Topock and,...
Conductor of train that killed woman cleared of wrongdoing
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The conductor of a San Francisco train that in 2021 dragged to death a woman was cleared of wrongdoing by federal investigators, according to a report made public Tuesday. Amy Adams, 41, had boarded a Bay Area Rapid Transit train at the Powell Station with her...
Railroads warned about car flaw that could cause derailments
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — U.S. railroads were warned to take certain cars out of service Thursday after Norfolk Southern discovered loose wheels on a car involved in last weekend's derailment in Ohio. It's not clear that the loose wheels caused the derailment near Springfield last...
Railroads propose safety reforms after fiery Ohio derailment
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The major freight railroads announced a number of steps Wednesday that they are taking to improve safety in the wake of last month’s fiery Ohio derailment, but it’s not clear if their actions will be enough to satisfy regulators and members of Congress who are pushing for...
NTSB investigates fatal helicopter crash along Texas coast
SEADRIFT, Texas (AP) — A helicopter crash along the Texas Gulf Coast killed two people, according to the local sheriff. The Robinson R44 helicopter was flying from Port O'Connor to the Calhoun County-Port Lavaca Airport about 20 miles (32 kilometers) north of Port O’Connor when...
Safety agency opens probe of Norfolk Southern rail accidents
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Federal investigators are opening a wide-ranging investigation into one of the nation’s biggest railroads following a fiery derailment on the Ohio-Pennsylvania border last month and several other accidents involving Norfolk Southern, including the death of a train conductor...
