Fatal example of crossings danger
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BBC News correspondent Tom Symonds looks at the dangers posed by level crossings.
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Air travelers face the biggest risk of death or injury on the ground.
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Get INQ7 breaking news on your Smart mobile phone in the Philippines. Send INQ7 BREAKING to 386. MUKHERIYAN, India -- Railway authorities blamed negligence for the head-on collision of two packed trains that
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MELBOURNE, Australia  - A passenger train and truck collided at a rail crossing in southern Australia Tuesday, killing at least 10 people and injuring up to 50, police said. Authorities suggested the death toll could go higher since rescuers were still sifting through the wreckage.
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One person has been killed and many injured after a train collides with a vehicle on a level crossing in Berkshire.
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Four people were believed to have been killed and 130 injured last night when a passenger train derailed after striking a vehicle at a level crossing.
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EVERY DAY, up to two dozen tank cars filled with extremely dangerous chemicals travel by rail in New Jersey. Every day, the risk exists that one of these cars will be ruptured either by accident or terrorist attack, emitting a toxic cloud that threatens millions of people.
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When a train crash spilled deadly chlorine gas in Graniteville, S.C., some workers on the graveyard shift at a textile plant ran into the parking lot. It was the wrong strategy.
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INDIA BOMBAY -- A train smashed into a tractor carrying wedding guests at a crossing in western India yesterday, killing at least 52 people and injuring 10 others, a railway official said. The train did not derail. The accident occurred near Kanhan, a small town in Maharashtra state about 500 miles northeast of Bombay, when a local train bound for ...
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Six people were killed and 11 seriously hurt Saturday when a high-speed train derailed after colliding with a car at a rural crossing in southern England.
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Move follows series of suspicious deaths.
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Two passenger trains collided head-on in northern India today, killing at least 31 people and injuring 50. Officials blamed the accident on communications problems between stations.
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At least six people died and dozens more were seriously injured after a train crashed into a semitrailer at a level crossing in southern Australia, police and local media said Tuesday.
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A suicidal car driver may have caused the train crash which killed seven people and injured 150, it emerged yesterday. Police are investigating whether a man who stopped his car on an unmanned level crossing
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Cities in the South and West are the most dangerous for pedestrians, with four in Florida earning the dubious distinction of being the deadliest of all.
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An accident in Tennessee four years ago that killed three children and injured three others prompted the federal government to urge states to give high priority to improving safety at railroad crossings used by school buses. But only a dozen states followed through.
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Three people are believed to have been killed in a serious accident in Aberdeenshire.