Train Accidents

Last Friday, friends and family of 17-year-old Marin Lacson held a vigil after the student was struck and killed by a Metra train at Route 59 and Main Street. Friends, students, and family all got together to remember Marin, talking about what made her such a special person. Metra and Barrington police are investigating the…

The silver lining of yesterday’s high-speed crash for the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) Yellow Line at the Howard rail yard is that so far, everyone has survived. So, we wanted to start with the good news. The bad news of course, is that 38 people were injured, including the 37 on board who were injured;…

A fiery crash at the Clarendon Hills Metra stop took the life of a train passenger on Wednesday and injured four others, after a box truck stopped on the tracks during morning rush hour. Reportedly, the truck stalled or became stuck on the tracks as the train approached the Prospect Street crossing. Although the driver…

On Sunday, February 4, an Amtrak passenger train collided with a parked freight train in Cayce, South Carolina, killing two people and injuring over 100 passengers. This is just the latest in a string of accidents for Amtrak: three incidents in the last three months alone. In December, a train derailed near Tacoma, Washington, killing…

The deadly Amtrak Cascades train derailment on Dec. 18, 2017 occurred while the train was traveling at about 80 mph – a speed far in excess of the designated 30 mph limit for that portion of track. The results left portions of the train cars hanging above and spilling onto the interstate below. Sadly three…