train accidents

Wild video shows train obliterating semi-truck just seconds after driver runs for his life

Wild video has captured the moment a truck driver made a lucky escape after becoming stalled on train tracks -- just seconds before an oncoming train pulverized his vehicle.

NJ woman loses leg in train accident, then pulls herself off tracks: 'She's unbelievable'

New Jersey woman is being called the 'Miracle of Morristown.'

Boy, 6, among 3 dead after Amtrak train hits truck in upstate NY

The victims included a 6-year-old boy, a 66-year-old woman, and a 69-year-old man, North Tonawanda Police Department Captain Daryl Truty said in a statement posted on Saturday.

Man, 65, clinging to life after accidentally falling onto NYC subway tracks

A 65-year-old man is clinging to life after what appears to be an accidental fall onto Queens train tracks this afternoon.

Norfolk Southern paying $600M to settle Ohio train derailment lawsuit

The train caught fire and released more than a million gallons of hazardous materials and pollutants, sparking concerns abut US rail safety.

Maniac arrested for removing severed leg of person killed by train, wild video shows

The man removed the limb from the tracks at the local Amtrak station in Wasco, a city roughly 25 miles northwest of Bakersfield.

14-year-old subway surfer falls from NYC train in latest injury from social media craze: cops

When officers rolled up, they found a conscious, responsive 14-year-old boy inside the train who was suffering from a head laceration and chest and neck pain, cops said.

Oblivious driver stands feet away from tracks as speeding train plows through his truck

As the train approached the crossing, the driver and passenger slowly jogged away from the tracks right before the devastating impact.

Biden will finally visit East Palestine, Ohio — a year after toxic train derailment

WASHINGTON — Took him long enough. President Biden committed Wednesday to visit East Palestine, Ohio, next month around the anniversary of a toxic train derailment -- after months of awkward...

Cops ID teen killed in NYC subway surfing mishap: 'A normal kid'

Alam Ryes, 14, the only child of a hard-working single mom, was killed while subway surfing on an F train near the Avenue N station in Brooklyn on Friday, the...

NTSB to investigate 'entire system' after NYC train crash that left 24 commuters injured: 'Not typical'

At least 24 people were injured when a stalled 1 train collided with a northbound subway that was switching over to the local track.

At least 24 injured after NYC subway trains collide, derail; service disruptions expected through AM

A northbound 1 train with up to 500 passengers was pulling out of the 96th Street station shortly after 3 p.m. when it collided with another disabled 1 train and derailed, police sources...

Mom sentenced for telling daughter, 8, to crawl under idling train that dragged, killed her

Photos taken by the police at the scene were so gruesome that when they were shown in court during Collins' trial, the mother asked to step out of the room.

Train crashes into semi-truck, derails in frightening moment caught on video in Texas

"The whole train is going off the rail. Oh my gosh ... Look at the train! It's flipping upside down," filmer Samuel Ingram, said in the video.

Hundreds hospitalized after horrific train wreck in China

Two subway trains have collided in heavy snow in Beijing, sending 515 people to the hospital, including 102 with broken bones.

37-year-old woman cut in half in freak train collision

A woman has died in a horrifying accident after she was thrown from a bus window and severed in two.

Kentucky gov declares state of emergency after train derails, spills molten sulfur

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear declared a state of emergency Wednesday after a train derailed in Livingston and spilled chemicals that caught on fire, sending plumes of smoke into the air.

Five dead — including 2 kids — after SUV crushed by freight train in Florida

"As you could imagine the carnage that's created when these two collide."

Ex-cop who put handcuffed woman in squad car that was then struck by train won't do any time

Ex-cop Jordan Steinke said she has been haunted daily by what happened a year ago.

Photos show mangled metal mess after freight train crashes into ATV

A BNSF freight train passing through Mendon, Missouri on Monday morning crashed into an ATV stuck on the track, creating a fiery and mangled mess.