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6/23/2006 12:27:00 AM | Settlement reached in auto-train wreck 
=(0) A Pennsylvania couple who were injured in an Amtrak train wreck in 2002 have reached a settlement in their lawsuit. They were riding Amtrak's auto-train from Florida to Virginia when it crashed, and their car turned on its side. The couple, both elderly, sustained back and kidney injuries and cuts and bruises. Four on the train were killed.&nb...
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5/23/2006 6:14:00 AM | Family of train-wreck victim to sue for $1M =(0) The family of a Mississippi man who was killed when a train hit his car at a level crossing, will sue the county and the town as well as CN Rail and Amtrak, for $1 million. The crossing had only a sign but no crossing gates or warning lights at the time of the accident in March 2006. Warning lights were in the process of being approved an...
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5/10/2006 3:18:00 AM | Amtrak, families reach settlement over girls' deaths - =(0) Amtrak has settled with the families of two Washington State girls who were struck and killed by a train while walking on railway tracks in 2000. The suit centered around whether the train engineer was negligent. Although he had blown the whistle, two of three girls at the scene did not get out of the way in time. Amtrak was originally cl...
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5/7/2006 4:40:00 AM | Parents may sue MBTA over fatal accident =(0) The Supreme Judicial Court in Massachusetts has ruled that a lawsuit against the MBTA and Amtrak may proceed. It concerns the death, seven years ago, of a young girl who was hit by a train while trying to negotiate a level crossing with her bicycle. The girl's parents contend that the train was speeding and that the engineer did not blow ...
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4/4/2006 6:09:00 AM | Warning lights powerless =(0) The signals and cross bars that had been installed but not made operational have been activated in Terry, Mississippi where a 24 year old father of two was killed when an Amtrak train collided with his car in what many are calling an unnecessary train accident. Blame has been passed from the train company officials to the electric company and beyon...
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4/1/2006 6:29:00 AM | Terry car-train crash kills 1 =(0) A 24 year old father of two was killed in Terry, Mississippi when an Amtrak passenger train collided with his Honda, Civic. Witnesses heard the car's horn honking before impact and warning lights and cross bars, although recently installed at the railroad crossing, were not operational. Train accidents of this kind are common across the U.S. prompt...
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3/31/2006 11:28:00 PM | Terry Man Killed in Collision with Train =(0) A Terry, Mississippi man was killed when his Honda Accord was hit by an Amtrak Passenger train in a deadly train accident. The car was broadsided by the train after witnesses heard the car's horn honking. The warning lights and system at the train tracks were disengaged and apparantly under repair or in the midst of installation. The functionality ...
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3/28/2006 10:57:00 AM | Amtrak Train Hits Dump Truck Near Burlington =(0) An Amtrak passenger train hit a dump truck just west of Burlington, North Carolina. The driver of the dump truck was uninjured. The engineer was injured and the Amtrak passenger train was carrying about 50 people, whose conditions are unknown. The cause of the train accident is yet to be determined....
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