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Father charged in Elgin accident involving Metra train
Tribune reporterA father of two was charged with four misdemeanors Sunday after his car missed a bend in the road, collided with a guard rail and was struck by a Metra train Saturday night, severely injuring his 14-month-old daughter, according to Elgin police. Pedro...Tags: Transportation Accidents, Prosecution, Motorvehicle Accidents
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Metrolink Unveils New 'Positive Train Control' Safety System
KTLA NewsLOS ANGELES (KTLA) -- Metrolink officials were scheduled to unveil a new safety system Monday morning designed to keep trains from colliding, even in case of human error. Called "positive train control" technology, the system links passenger and...Tags: Transportation Accidents, Human Mishaps, Science and Technology
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Metrolink previews $200-million crash prevention system
Metrolink on Monday previewed a pioneering, $200-million crash prevention project for a top federal safety official, who expressed concern about railroad industry efforts to postpone deadlines for installing the sophisticated train safety system in...
Tags: Dan Weikel, Transportation Industry, Los Angeles Times, Transportation Accidents, National Transportation Safety Board
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Derailment probe appears to focus on track condition
Track conditions on a CSX Transportation railroad line appear to be the focus of a federal investigation into the train derailment that killed two women in Ellicott City last month. A preliminary report released by the National Transportation Safety...
Tags: Howard County, Transportation Industry, Car Repair and Maintenance Tips, Allegany County, Ellicott City
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Ellicott City train derailment 911 calls depict stunned bystanders
Four callers sounded stunned as they told dispatchers that a train had just derailed in downtown Ellicott City, but none reported seeing anyone near the Aug. 20 wreck that killed two 19-year-olds, according to 911 recordings released Friday by Howard...
Tags: Transportation Industry, Coal, Ellicott City, Transportation Accidents, National Transportation Safety Board
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Sunday morning wakeup call: A train in the yard
Tribune reportersErnie Pentek and his son first thought the big bang that woke them Sunday morning was residual effects from Hurricane Isaac. "(My son), he's 14 and he got up and he goes 'Dad, Isaac's here!'," said Pentek, who at Pentek at first considered that the...Tags: Hurricane Isaac (2012), Transportation Accidents
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Cause of death determined in Ellicott City train derailment deaths
Loved ones and friends prepared to say goodbye to the two young women who perished in a train derailment in Ellicott City as the first of the viewings began Thursday evening. Cars lined both sides of the quiet residential street leading up to the...
Tags: Transportation Industry, Accidental Death, Coal, Ellicott City, Transportation Accidents
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Hundreds mourn victim of train derailment
Some 700 mourners filled the pews Friday for a funeral Mass for 19-year-old Elizabeth Conway Nass, who died after being "at the wrong place at the wrong time," Monsignor John A. Dietzenbach said, referring to this week's tragic train derailment in...
Tags: Transportation Industry, Human Interest, Ellicott City, Transportation Accidents, Colleges and Universities
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Family remembers train derailment victim Rose Mayr as talented dancer, singer
In the days after her sister, Rose, died in a train derailment, Anna Mayr felt as if her younger sibling were upstairs sleeping while friends swapped stories on the family's Ellicott City porch until the early hours of Sunday. Anna Mayr, a May graduate...
Tags: Howard County, Holiday Vacations, Health and Medical Professionals, Ellicott City, New York City
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Good morning, Baltimore: Need to know for Monday
WEATHER The National Weather Service is calling for Monday to be mostly cloudy in the Baltimore area, with a high near 87 and south winds 5 to 9 miles per hour. There will be patchy fog before 9 a.m., and then a 30 percent chance of scattered showers and...
Tags: Joe Saunders, American Academy of Pediatrics, Ellicott City, Transportation Accidents, Baltimore Orioles
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Dozens Hurt when Blue Line Train Collides with MTA Bus
KTLA NewsLOS ANGELES (KTLA) -- About 48 people were injured when Metro Blue Line train collided with an MTA bus near downtown Los Angeles Monday morning. The accident happened at 6:58 a.m. at the intersection of San Pedro Street and Washington Boulevard,...Tags: Back Pain, Injuries and Wounds, Transportation Accidents
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Port Deposit cleanup continues from fatal tanker crash and explosion
Port Deposit hopes to beef up traffic enforcement following Friday night's fatal crash and explosion of a loaded gasoline tanker truck. Repairs to utilities and other cleanup activities were largely wrapped up by Tuesday in the town after a tractor...Tags: Cecil County, Injuries and Wounds, Economy, Business and Finance, Lobbying, Windsor Mill
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