$182M Settlement Reached in 2015 New York Train Crossing Crash That Killed 6 January 15, 2026 A more than $182 million settlement has been reached with victims of a deadly 2015 collision between a train and...
Child Is Among 3 Killed When Amtrak Train Hit Pickup Truck in Upstate New York May 21, 2024 A child was among the three victims killed when a passenger train hit a pickup truck, officials said. The northbound...
NTSB Releases Results of Investigation Into 2015 New York Train Crash July 27, 2017 By Colleen Long and Jennifer Peltz Federal safety investigators said Tuesday they can’t determine why an SUV ended up in the path of an oncoming commuter...
Sens. Schumer, Blumenthal Seek More Funding for Railroad Crossing Safety February 18, 2015 By Verena Dobnik The government should spend more money safeguarding railroad crossings that are “accidents waiting to happen,” two U.S. senators said on...
New York MTA’s Captive Insurer to Provide Coverage in Fatal Train-SUV Crash February 11, 2015 By Young Ha New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s (MTA) captive insurer and wholly owned insurance subsidiary First Mutual Transportation Assurance Company (FMTAC) will...
Did Electrified Third Rail Make New York Train Wreck Deadlier? February 10, 2015 By Jennifer Peltz and Jim Fitzgerald It was a hellish scenario investigators had never seen before: 400 feet of electrified third rail snapped into 12 pieces...
Drivers Criticize New York Crossing Where Train, Car Collided February 6, 2015 By Freeman Klopott and Meenal Vamburkar The Westchester County rail crossing made Nicole Sanders anxious even before she witnessed this week’s fiery fatal collision between a...
New York Train Crash Investigators Ask Why SUV Stopped on Tracks February 5, 2015 By Alan Levin, Freeman Klopott and Michelle Kaske Federal investigators are trying to determine why a woman driving a Mercedes-Benz sport-utility vehicle stopped in the middle of railroad...
Transportation Safety Board Investigating New York Train Crash February 4, 2015 By Michelle Kaske The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the fiery rush-hour crash of a New York commuter train in Westchester County...
New York Commuter Train in Deadly Crash February 4, 2015 By Michelle Kaske A northbound Metro-North Railroad train ferrying commuters from New York City struck a car during evening rush hour Tuesday in...