Archive for the ‘Transportation incident’ Category
There are fatalities after a truck drove the wrong way down the West Side Highway bike path for several blocks Tuesday afternoon
Tuesday, October 31st, 2017“…..The driver exited the vehicle with what appeared to be a gun and was shot by police….The individual is in police custody and is being taken to the hospital for treatment.
More than 30 people were injured when an inbound train crashed into another that was parked at a station in suburban Philadelphia.
Tuesday, August 22nd, 2017
18 people have died after a tour bus collided with a truck on a motorway in Bavaria
Tuesday, July 4th, 2017https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xc6tha-Cj9g
Times Square
Sunday, May 21st, 2017https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4LoIE7h50E
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNLJ34TnQ1g
Times Square Slayer: “You were supposed to shoot me! I wanted to kill them.”
Friday, May 19th, 2017“…The killer, who has been arrested twice for drunken driving, was heading south on Seventh Avenue at 11:55 a.m. when he pulled a sudden U-turn at West 42nd Street, then barreled north — the wrong way — sending victims flying and witnesses running for their lives.
Rojas, of The Bronx, finally crashed his Honda Accord into a stanchion at Broadway and 45th Street — then got out of the car and ran toward a group of people with his arms outstretched before being tackled by law enforcement, including a transit cop and an FBI agent….”
An 18-year-old woman was killed and at least 22 people injured Thursday when a speeding car plowed into pedestrians in Manhattan’s bustling Times Square
Thursday, May 18th, 2017https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sE7PFubIraw
Amtrak Engineer Charged In Deadly Philadelphia Crash
Sunday, May 14th, 2017- “…..Bostian has been charged with eight counts of manslaughter among other offenses…
- National Transportation Safety Board investigators said the train was traveling at 105 miles (170 kilometers) an hour, twice the speed limit, when the driver slammed on the emergency brakes just before the crash.
- The NTSB said it found no evidence that Bostian was impaired or using a cellphone during the Washington-to-New York run……
- Amtrak has taken responsibility for the crash and agreed to pay $265 million to settle claims filed by victims and their families.
- The company has since installed positive train control systems in its trains, which automatically slow a speeding train.
- Train engineer Bostian told federal investigators that he had been listening to the radio and became distracted by a report about a train engineer who was sprayed with glass from a windshield that had been struck by an object……”
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Major power outages caused chaos on mass transit systems in both New York and San Francisco Friday
Saturday, April 22nd, 2017“….In New York, platforms were packed and riders were stuck underground in the dark when an outage in Midtown Manhattan backed up trains all over the city Friday morning, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said a Con Edison equipment failure knocked out signals, escalators, communications and lights at the station……”