A child was among the three victims killed when a passenger train hit a pickup truck, officials said. The northbound Amtrak train hit a Dodge truck Friday evening in North Tonawanda, New York, a small town along the Niagara River …
Federal safety investigators said Tuesday they can’t determine why an SUV ended up in the path of an oncoming commuter train, causing a crash that killed six people at a rail crossing in suburban New York in 2015. Detailing the …
The government should spend more money safeguarding railroad crossings that are “accidents waiting to happen,” two U.S. senators said on Feb. 15. Sens. Charles Schumer and Richard Blumenthal spoke at New York’s Grand Central Terminal, the departure point for the …
New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s (MTA) captive insurer and wholly owned insurance subsidiary First Mutual Transportation Assurance Company (FMTAC) will lead coverage for liability for third party claims and property losses stemming from last week’s fatal MTA Metro-North Railroad train-SUV …
It was a hellish scenario investigators had never seen before: 400 feet of electrified third rail snapped into 12 pieces and speared a commuter train during a fiery collision with an SUV. Now officials want to know whether the rail’s …
The Westchester County rail crossing made Nicole Sanders anxious even before she witnessed this week’s fiery fatal collision between a commuter train and a sport- utility vehicle. “There are a whole lot of moving parts for the driver to consider,” …
Federal investigators are trying to determine why a woman driving a Mercedes-Benz sport-utility vehicle stopped in the middle of railroad tracks, leading to the fiery crash of a New York commuter train in Westchester County that killed six people. The …
The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the fiery rush-hour crash of a New York commuter train in Westchester County that killed six people, the deadliest accident in Metro-North Railroad’s history. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority, a state agency that runs …
A northbound Metro-North Railroad train ferrying commuters from New York City struck a car during evening rush hour Tuesday in New York’s Westchester County, killing at least six people. Among the dead were passengers from the train and the female …
