The number of railroad accidents in Maryland that involved a train and a motor vehicle held steady at 13 accidents each year in 2008, 2009, and 2010, after falling from 18 accidents in 2007 and 16 in 2006, according to data collected by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA). The types of vehicles involved in each accident also stayed basically the same, with passenger cars and pickup trucks being involved in m [...]
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Maryland Car-Train Accident Rate Holding Steady, Say Feds
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Amtrak Train Strikes, Kills Elderly Pedestrian near Station in Ardmore
An elderly man was struck and killed by an Amtrak train headed from Harrisburg to New York City, according to a report in the Philadelphia Inquirer. The train was scheduled to stop in Philadelphia at 11 a.m. on Friday, July 30 and struck the man at around 11:20 a.m. near the Ardmore Station. According to witness statements, the train was going so fast that it traveled about half a mile before coming to a complete s [...]
Posted in: Pedestrian Accidents
