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# Train Crash

This month
March 2023
# Train Collision
Police fire tear gas at demonstrators protesting over Greek rail crash that killed 57 people
15 people were arrested in Athens for violence related to the demonstrations.
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Mar 8th 2023, 9:22 PM
Last year
2022
# Train Crash
Over 150 people injured in train collision near Barcelona
18 medical units were deployed to the area
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Dec 7th 2022, 9:58 AM
# Fatal Injuries
Four people killed in train crash near German Alpine resort
Three helicopters from Austria’s Tyrol region have scrambled to the scene to provide first aid.
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Jun 3rd 2022, 4:28 PM
# Mindszent
Five people killed in Hungary train crash after van drove onto rail
The victims were passengers in a van that drove onto the rail at a crossing.
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Apr 5th 2022, 9:06 AM
# Train Crash
At least 60 dead in DR Congo train accident
The train was a freight service which had been carrying “several hundred stowaways”, according to officials.
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Mar 12th 2022, 7:26 PM
All time
# Taiwan
At least 48 people dead and dozens injured after train crashes in Taiwan
A passenger train reported collided with a truck which had crashed onto tracks from a cliff above.
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Apr 2nd 2021, 3:09 PM
# tahta train crash
Two trains collide in southern Egypt, killing at least 32 and injuring dozens
The latest deadly train crashes comes as the country battles fallout from the Suez Canal traffic jam.
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Mar 26th 2021, 1:12 PM
# Australia
Two killed after passenger train derails near Melbourne
The train came off its tracks near the town of Wallan, around 45km north of Melbourne.
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Feb 20th 2020, 10:53 AM
# Pretoria
Three killed and over 600 injured after two passenger trains collide in South Africa
Rail accidents are common in South Africa, with 495 people killed on the country’s railways in 2016-17.
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Jan 8th 2019, 7:50 PM
# Great Belt Bridge
Death toll rises to eight in Denmark train accident
Sixteen others were hurt, but none of them suffered life-threatening injuries.
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Jan 3rd 2019, 8:30 AM
# Ankara
Seven killed and 46 injured in early-morning train crash in Turkey
The crash happened at around 6.30am near the Turkish capital Ankara.
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Dec 13th 2018, 8:28 AM
# Barcelona
One killed and 44 injured as landslide causes commuter train to derail outside Barcelona
Heavy rain in the area over the past few days could have caused the landslide, authorities have said.
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Nov 20th 2018, 11:31 AM
# Taiwan
Taiwan investigating train crash that killed 18 and injured 187 people
Among those who died, the youngest was nine years old.
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Oct 22nd 2018, 8:28 AM
# Sipplingen
11 injured in southern Germany as train hits trailer truck
The collision happened at a railway crossing in Sipplingen, a village by Lake Constance.
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Oct 15th 2018, 1:35 PM
# amtrak
Train crash killing two in South Carolina 'could have been prevented'
Two Amtrak crew members were killed, and more than 100 people were injured.
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Feb 5th 2018, 7:07 AM
# Perpignan
Death toll from French school bus crash rises to six
Prime Minister Edouard Philippe said the process of identifying the victims was “extremely difficult”.
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Dec 15th 2017, 12:50 PM
# Collision
Six people seriously injured after commuter train hits freight train in Germany
The incident happened in the town of Meerbusch in North Rhine-Westphalia.
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Dec 6th 2017, 6:50 AM
# Fatalities
At least four people dead in train crash in southern Finland
Eight people who were injured have been taken to hospital.
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Oct 26th 2017, 9:20 AM
# Pennsylvania
'There was blood everywhere': Over 40 injured in Philadelphia train crash this morning
At least four people are seriously injured.
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Aug 22nd 2017, 10:14 AM
# Alexandria
At least 36 dead as two trains crash head-on in Egypt
The country has a poor record of rail safety.
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Aug 11th 2017, 4:46 PM
# unmanned crossing
Man and three-year-old son killed as car collides with train in Netherlands
They had been taking part in a school outing to see baby lambs when the accident happened.
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Mar 28th 2017, 8:01 AM
# possible sabotage
There are fears the death toll will rise after India's latest rail disaster kills 36
This crash is the latest in a long line of fatal rail incidents in the country.
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Jan 22nd 2017, 11:08 AM
# Hoboken Station
At least one dead, over 100 injured as train crashes into station in New Jersey
The train failed to stop as it sped into the station, went up over bumper blocks at the end of the track and rammed into a wall.
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Sep 29th 2016, 6:10 PM
# O Porrino
At least four dead and scores injured after train derails in Spain
A dozen people were also injured in the crash.
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Sep 9th 2016, 12:44 PM
# Liège
Three killed after Belgian train crash
A fast-moving passenger train slammed into the back of a goods train.
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Jun 6th 2016, 7:50 AM
# Netherlands
One dead and several injured after Dutch train derails
Images of the accident show carriages lying on their side next to fields.
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Feb 23rd 2016, 9:14 AM
# Bavaria
Ten dead and 81 injured in German commuter train crash
The accident, which happened near the spa town of Bad Aibling, is the worst on a commuter rail line in Germany in many years.
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Feb 9th 2016, 6:34 PM
# India
Photos show extent of devastating train derailment that killed dozens
So far 300 people have been rescued from the carriages of the trains.
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Aug 5th 2015, 2:17 PM
# South Africa
Over 300 injured in enormous Johannesburg train crash
The accident happened as two commuter trains carrying workers home slammed into each other.
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Jul 17th 2015, 10:33 PM
# Train Crash
Philadelphia train deliberately sped up prior to crash
Attention has now turned to the train’s engineer Brandon Bostian. The Amtrak train was travelling at 100mph on a curve when the accident occurred.
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May 15th 2015, 8:27 AM
# Derailed
Philadelphia train was travelling at above 100 mph before fatal derailment
The death toll has now risen to seven.
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May 13th 2015, 9:23 PM
# Zurich
Swiss trains slam into each other during rush hour commute
Dozens of passengers have been injured.
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Feb 20th 2015, 8:32 AM
# Train Crash
Seven killed as New York train hits SUV at level crossing
Authorities said the impact was so forceful the electrified third rail came up and pierced the train.
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Feb 4th 2015, 8:50 AM
# India
At least 19 dead after train crashes into school bus in India
Some 18 children on their way to school have been confirmed dead so far.
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Jul 24th 2014, 8:03 AM
# Irish Rail
Investigation launched after train hit by car at level crossing in Mayo
Th driver of the car walked away from the incident unharmed.
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Jun 9th 2014, 4:33 PM
# rail disaster
At least 57 dead, death toll still rising as train flies off rails in Congo swamp
The train crashed in the southeast of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Bodies are being being buried after being taken from the wreckage, as there is no morgue in the area….
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Apr 23rd 2014, 7:39 PM
# Train Crash
New York train crash driver "may have nodded off"
Investigators say that it is still too early to know if human error caused the crash at the weekend.
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Dec 4th 2013, 10:36 AM
# Train Crash
Over 30 injured as two trains collide in Chicago
Sources say that one of the trains may have been stolen or hijacked, though police have not confirmed that.
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Sep 30th 2013, 4:54 PM
# Spain
"This curve is inhuman": Train driver admits speeding in recording of emergency call
Francisco Jose Garzon Amo can be heard admitting speeding but complaining that he had previously warned that the curve on which the train derailed was dangerous.
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Sep 6th 2013, 7:28 PM
# India
Indian train ploughs into a crowd of pilgrims, killing 35
An angry crowd went on a “rampage” after a crowd crossing a train track were killed.
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Aug 19th 2013, 9:04 AM
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