On Dec. 21, 2024, Columbus Jackson was killed when he drove around railroad crossing arms before being hit by a train. Now, his widow advocating for safety.

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JACKSON, Miss. (AP) The mayor of the Mississippi city where a train slammed into a bus, killing four Texas tourists, says he will keep working with the railroad to close some crossings and make others ...

The Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) has released a report into a derailment of a freight train at Audenshaw, ...

OPA-LOCKA, Fla. — No injuries were reported Thursday morning after a train crashed into a vehicle on the tracks in Opa-locka. The accident was reported around 6:30 a.m. in the area of Ali Baba Avenue ...

TUSCARAWAS COUNTY, Ohio — Two people from Tuscarawas County were struck and killed by a train while walking on a railroad trestle east of Zoar on Tuesday, according to the Tuscarawas County Sheriff’s ...

An independent investigation has been launched after a 14-year-old boy was fatally struck by a train in Nottinghamshire. Josh ...

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Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw reports a sharp decline in train accidents, from 135 in 2014-15 to 11 in 2025-26. This ...

Clowns Thom “Skootchee” Stevenson (left) of Milton, Del., and Jim “Poppo” Shores of Baltimore, Md., uncover the wreath during the dedication of the Walter L. Main Circus Train Wreck monument and park ...

An Amtrak train collided with a tractor-trailer at a railroad crossing in Kings Mountain early Tuesday morning. An investigation into the cause of the wreck is ongoing. A passenger train struck a ...

GRAND COUTEAU, La. (WAFB) - Grand Coteau is a small town with old Acadian style houses and a few old stores that is steeped in two centuries of Catholic history. It’s the kind of place where it seems ...