Three killed as train hits motorcycle in Orissa

October 1st, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - Heavy rains continued to lash most parts of Orissa for the third consecutive day Thursday affecting normal life, officials said. Heavy downpour was experienced especially in the coastal districts under the effect of low pressure that has formed over the Bay of Bengal, off the south Orissa and north Andhra Pradesh coast.

August 27th, 2009 Calif. firefighter saves driver before train hitsOXNARD, Calif. — A California firefighter has pulled a trapped driver from his disabled pickup just seconds before a commuter train slammed into the truck.

July 16th, 2009 RANCHI - Police Thursday rescued five Jharkhand children who were abducted and kept in a train toilet to be taken to Orissa, an official said. The Government Railway Police (GRP) on a tip off rescued the children - aged 9 to 13 - from a toilet of the Hatia Express train at the Bano railway station, 130 km from Ranchi.

July 14th, 2009 3 dead after Amtrak train hits vehicle in IllinoisOTTAWA, Ill. — Three people are dead after their vehicle was struck by an Amtrak train in Illinois.

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 11th, 2009 Car hits Philly crowd, killing 3 kids, womanPHILADELPHIA — A woman who was struck by a car fleeing a robbery scene died Thursday, a day after the vehicle jumped a curb, smashed into a crowd and killed three young children. Latoya Smith, 22, died Thursday morning, Albert Einstein Medical Center spokeswoman Judy Horwitz said.

June 11th, 2009 Car hits Philly crowd, killing 3 kids; mom injuredPHILADELPHIA — A woman is in critical condition after a car being chased by Philadelphia police crashed into a crowd and killed three young children, at least one of them hers. Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey says Wednesday night's crash in the city's Feltonville neighborhood began with two men stealing a motorcycle at gunpoint.

May 1st, 2009 NJ dentist killed by train in NY while fishingPORT KENT, N.Y. — State police say a New Jersey dentist was struck and killed by an Amtrak train as he fished from a trestle in northern New York.

February 12th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - At least three people were killed and three others sustained critical injuries in an accident in a cement factory in Orissa Friday, police said. A huge iron plate fell on the workers accidentally when they were trying to erect it on a newly built tower in the new factory of the Orissa Cement Limited at Rajgangpur in Sundergarh district, 471 km from here, inspector in charge of the Rajgang police station S.K.

February 12th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - The Howrah-Chennai Coromandel Express was derailed Friday evening near Jajpur railway station in Orissa, an official said. 'We have received information about the derailment.

February 12th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - At least three passengers were killed and over a dozen injured after the Howrah-Chennai Coromandel Express was derailed Friday evening near the Jajpur Road railway station in Orissa, an official said. 'At least 14 coaches were derailed and at least three people were killed.

February 12th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - At least 15 passengers were killed and around 150 injured when the Howrah-Chennai Coromandel Express was derailed Friday evening near the Jajpur-Keonjhar Road railway station in Orissa, officials said, adding that the toll could go up. East Coast Railway chief public relation officer J.P.

February 12th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - Orissa has been neglected in interim railway budget presented by Railways Minister Lalu Prasad in Parliament Friday, Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik said here. 'I am disappointed as Orissa has been neglected,' Patnaik told reporters here, adding that only one new express train was proposed to be introduced in the state in 2009-2010.

February 12th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - At least 15 passengers were killed and about 100 injured after the Howrah-Chennai Coromandel Express was derailed Friday evening near the Jajpur-Keonjhar Road railway station in Orissa, an official said. East Coast Railway chief public relation officer J.P.

January 11th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - Two unidentified men shot dead the son of a former Orissa minister in the state's Ganjam district, police said Monday. The motorcycle borne attackers shot 31-year-old Sudarsan Parida in Aska town, about 200 km from here, Sunday night.