6 killed, 11 injured in train crash in southern India

August 30th, 2009 Cameroon train crashes kill 11, injure hundredsYAOUNDE, Cameroon — Cameroon's state-run television says two train crashes within 24 hours have killed at least 11 people. Minister of Communication Issa Tchiroma Bakary told the broadcaster Sunday that nearly 400 people were injured in the crashes in the capital Yaounde.

July 24th, 2009 Officials: 6 dead in Croatia train crashRUDINE, Croatia — A two-car train carrying about 90 passengers derailed in a remote area of southern Croatia on Friday, killing six people and injuring at least 20, officials said. The high-speed train — traveling from Zagreb, Croatia's capital, to the city of Split — derailed in a remote, hilly area at about noon (1108 GMT; 7:08 a.m.

July 21st, 2009 2 injured women sue over Boston trolley crashBOSTON — Two women injured when a Boston subway train struck the rear of another trolley have sued the transit agency and the train operator. A lawyer for Rebecca Bishop says the Lynn woman fractured her pelvis in the May 8 crash.

July 19th, 2009 Several injured in San Francisco light-rail crashSAN FRANCISCO — Several people are injured after two light-rail trains collided in San Francisco. Judson True, a spokesman for the city's Muni service, says the crash occurred just before 3 p.m.

July 1st, 2009 NTSB: DC train signal failed before crashWASHINGTON — Investigators say equipment that is supposed to detect stopped trains failed periodically in the days leading up to a deadly Metro transit train crash in Washington, D.C. Nine people were killed and more than 70 injured June 22 when a train slammed into another train stopped on tracks.

June 29th, 2009 Person struck and killed by Metro trainWASHINGTON — Metro says a person has been struck and killed by a train at a station on the red line in Maryland just outside Washington. The transit agency says the person was struck by an eight-car train shortly after 4 p.m.

June 29th, 2009 3 dead, 63 hurt in central China train collisionBEIJING — Two passenger trains collided Monday, derailing cars, crushing nearby homes and killing three people, Chinese state media and an official said. The pre-dawn crash, which injured 63, occurred in Hunan province when a train going from the provincial capital Changsha to the southern city of Shenzhen collided with another Shenzhen-bound train, state television said.

June 26th, 2009 Metro superintendent reassigned following crashWASHINGTON — The Washington-area mass transit authority has temporarily reassigned the superintendent of the automatic control system that is supposed to prevent train crashes. Federal investigators said Thursday that Metro's signaling system failed to detect a test train stopped in the same place as one that was struck during a deadly crash this week.

June 26th, 2009 Memorial service set for operator in DC crashWASHINGTON — A memorial service will be held for the operator of a Washington Metro train involved in Monday's crash. Jeanice McMillan, 42, of Springfield, Va., was to be remembered Friday morning at the Temple of Praise Fellowship Hall in D.C.

June 24th, 2009 NTSB: Train stopped then started before crashWASHINGTON — Federal safety officials are investigating a passenger's statement that the Washington Metrorail train that struck another in a deadly accident stopped briefly then started again before the crash. National Transportation Safety Board investigators are interviewing surviving passengers on the trains involved in the accident that killed nine and injured more than 70 others.

June 24th, 2009 Train crash investigators want cell, text recordsWASHINGTON — Federal investigators want the cell phone and texting records from the operator of a Washington subway train that smashed into another train to determine whether she was distracted before the crash. Debbie Hersman of the National Transportation Safety Board says the request for the records is part of broader examination of what might have caused the accident that killed nine people and injured scores of others Monday.

June 23rd, 2009 Obama offers prayers for victims of commuter crashWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says the thoughts and prayers of the first family go out to the victims of the commuter train crash in Washington, D.C., that killed six people and injured scores of others. Obama issued a statement Monday night thanking rescue personnel who helped to save lives.

June 23rd, 2009 Recent commuter train accidents in the USRecent commuter train accidents in the United States: —June 4, 2009: A light rail train and a city bus collide in downtown Phoenix, slightly injuring several passengers. —May 8, 2009: A trolley rear-ends another trolley that is stopped between two underground stations in downtown Boston, injuring about 50 people.

June 23rd, 2009 5 of those killed in DC metro crash identifiedWASHINGTON — Officials are identifying five of the victims killed in a subway train crash in Washington, D.C. Metro officials said at a special board meeting Tuesday that four passengers ranging in age from 23 to 64 were killed when a train barreling down the tracks hit a stopped train a day earlier.

June 23rd, 2009 DC Metro chief: First train stopped, second hit itWASHINGTON — The general manager of the Washington Metro says the two-train collision occurred when one train stopped at a platform near the Fort Totten station, and a second train hit it from behind. John Catoe told reporters Monday that for reasons we do not know the second train plowed into the back of that train.