FRANCE – A TGV train collision with military truck in France killed the train driver on Tuesday and injured 2 others, according to local reports. The truck was transporting military vehicles. The crash occurred near Nœux-les-Mines at around 7 am local time (0500GMT), according to emergency services and rail operator SNCF. The driver, reportedly in […]
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Bus Collision with Train in Bangladesh Kills 12
BANGLADESH – A bus collision with train in Bangladesh’s Cumilla district early Sunday killed at least 12 people and injured 26 others, according to authorities. Those dead included two women and three children, Fire Service and Civil Defense Deputy Assistant Director (Comilla) Mohammad Idris said, adding that 10 among the injured remained hospitalized. A Dhaka-bound […]
High-Speed Train Crash in Spain Kills 39
SPAIN – At least 39 people were killed and 152 others injured in a high-speed train crash in Cordoba province Spain, according to local reports on Monday. The accident occurred around 7.40 pm local time (1840GMT) when a train traveling from Malaga to Madrid derailed near Adamuz, Cordoba, and encroached onto an adjacent track. This […]
Train Collision in India’s Uttarakhand State Injures Dozens
INDIA – Several workers were on Tuesday injured after 2 trains collided in Uttarakhand state, India. The incident took place at the site of the Vishnugad–Pipalkoti hydroelectric project in the state’s Chamoli district, when two locomotives used for transporting workers inside the tunnel collided with each other, the Uttarakhand chief minister’s office said in a […]
Train Crash in Slovakia Leave Dozens Injured
SLOVAKIA – Dozens of people were on Sunday injured in a train crash in Slovakia, after 2 trains collided according to local police. The crash occurred on the railway line between the capital Bratislava and the town of Pezinok. In a statement posted on the US social media platform Facebook, Slovak police said emergency crews […]
India’s Train Collision Death Toll Rises to 11
INDIA – The death toll from train collision between a passenger and a freight train in India’s Chhattisgarh state have risen to 11 according to an official statement on Wednesday. A passenger train had collided with a freight train in the state’s Bilaspur district on Tuesday, prompting a massive relief and rescue operation in the […]