Railroad Injuries News
Fatal railroad crossing in Tennessee scarcely reported or investigated
In late 1997, a 17-year-old woman died when her car collided with a CSX locomotive. It was a tragedy that might have been averted but was made worse by later revelations.
Deadly train accident reveals Union Pacific hid evidence, stonewalled
When a 4,700-ton Union Pacific train rammed the truck of a man driving vegetables to market in south-central Washington, he died instantly. The railroad company blamed Blas Lopez, the father of four, for the fatal railroad accident but other evidence cast doubt on that assertion.
Family calls for changes after fatal RR crash in Oregon
Joseph Sato and Brian Vann were coming home from a fishing trip near Cascade Locks, Oregon on May 24 when they approached a private railroad crossing. Sato, the driver, looked right and moved gingerly up a steep, gravelly incline to peer over some bushes on the left side of the tracks. But from the right came a Union Pacific train at 55 miles per hour, injuring Sato and killing Vann instantly. Although the whistle had blown, the two men never heard it because the sound was muted.