A train car derailment southeast of St. Louis on Sept. 10, 2019, immediately brought back memories of a deadly tragedy in South Carolina 14 years earlier. No one lost their lives in the rail yard outside of Dupo, Illinois (IL), but the incident did suggest persistent problems with transporting volatile chemicals and other hazardous materials…
If a railroad worker comes down with mesothelioma cancer or related cancer, the worker and his loved ones may speculate if the disease was caused by railroad equipment containing asbestos. And if the former railroad worker passes away from the disease, the family is often left with no idea why it happened or what their…
An Amtrak track maintenance crew member died when a train going full speed struck him. The deadly collision happened near the MARC station at Bowie State University in Maryland a little after 9 am on April 24, 2018. According to news reports, the passenger train had recently left Washington, DC, on its way…
Four Norfolk Southern freight train crew members suffered injuries that required hospital treatment when their trains collided and derailed on the night of March 18, 2018. The crash happened in Georgetown, Kentucky (KY), which is located about 14 miles north of Lexington. Scott County sheriff’s deputies were the first to respond to the…
A commercial truck driver’s sudden lane change and panicked braking created a deadly situation for a following motorcycle rider on I-81 in northeastern West Virginia. The fatal rear-end collision happened near the town of Marlowe on the afternoon of February 21. Berkeley County sheriff’s deputies responded to the crash at mile marker 24.5…