Amtrak trains vs pedestrians or motor vehicles; accidents/fatalities

[alpha3]

Well, this is a new one. Amtrak Surfliner hits a wood chipper. No one really hurt except for the wood chipper. Can't these people keep their stupid selves from crossing in front of oncoming trains?? It's frequently either trucks or construction equipment.

https://www.ksby.com/news/local-news/amtrak-train-hits-back-of-truck-on-tracks-in-gaviota-area

 

[AmtrakBlue]

Well, this is a new one. Amtrak Surfliner hits a wood chipper. No one really hurt except for the wood chipper. Can't these people keep their stupid selves from crossing in front of oncoming trains?? It's frequently either trucks or construction equipment.

https://www.ksby.com/news/local-news/amtrak-train-hits-back-of-truck-on-tracks-in-gaviota-area

Not as strange as this one in 2011

https://archive.northplattepost.com/2011/08/03/amtrak-hits-irrigation-system-in-nebraska/

 

[joelkfla]

Well, this is a new one. Amtrak Surfliner hits a wood chipper. No one really hurt except for the wood chipper. Can't these people keep their stupid selves from crossing in front of oncoming trains?? It's frequently either trucks or construction equipment.

https://www.ksby.com/news/local-news/amtrak-train-hits-back-of-truck-on-tracks-in-gaviota-area

This version has a picture of the damage to the coach:
https://keyt.com/news/santa-barbara...es-with-wood-chipper-on-trailer-near-gaviota/

 

[Willbridge]

Train was stopped by a trespasser's death as it entered suburban Arvada. This is not an area with much pedestrian traffic and authorities have some investigating to do. Time of day and asm.doc info suggests that it was Train 1106, the Winter Park Express.

https://www.9news.com/article/news/...illed/73-eab31676-7100-40d0-9dfc-3c97065f3fe7

 

[jis]

There was a ghastly trespasser hit, a possible suicide according to some, on the NEC yesterday, near Odenton. Apparently the deceased jumped in front of an Amtrak train and landed up atop the train destroying the pantograph and damaging catenary. Service was suspended for a couple of hours. There were multiple posts about it on Facebook and Twitter.

 

[StanJazz]

Another one
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/c...p&cvid=7375f090d20c4b939615425621762cbe&ei=14Since it was Saturday morning it must be a Hiawatha, but none of the trains show a big delay. Maybe because the police were already there and no injuries the train wasn't kept long.

 

[pennyk]

Train 91 Silver Star hit a trespasser last evening (7/23/23) near Raleigh; one fatality

https://www.cbs17.com/news/local-ne...-being-hit-by-train-near-nc-state-in-raleigh/

 

[Railroad Bill]

Looks like its 9 hours late in Florida.

 

[AmtrakBlue]

Looks like its 9 hours late in Florida.

It hit a tree after the trespasser incident. Significant damage to the locomotive.

 

[Bembidion]

Train 91 Silver Star hit a trespasser last evening (7/23/23) near Raleigh; one fatality

https://www.cbs17.com/news/local-ne...-being-hit-by-train-near-nc-state-in-raleigh/

Wow, my wife and I rode that train just a few days before as we went to our daughter's wedding.

 

[Chas]

Just saw this on a local news channel:
OTERO COUNTY — A driver was cited after their Jeep collided with an Amtrak train in southeastern Colorado Sunday morning. The Colorado State Patrol says this happened just after 7 a.m. near the intersection of U.S. Highway 50 and Otero County Road 36, which is east of La Junta.

No injuries after Jeep, Amtrak train collide

From the location and timing, that looks like train 3 going into La Junta.

It looks like the train probably lost another hour right there though, for the investigation and all. However, #3 was already running late, so the 7 a.m. time is confusing. Reportorial error --- or not Amtrak at all?

 

[west point]

Not quite sure did the car drive into the Amtrak train??

 

[moosejunky99]

Hello,

thanks mod for moving

This person tried to beat a fast train in Ohio and lost and got killed. Here is a video (i take no credit for this video)



At the end, He shows same engine saying the diner derailed when the plow hit a crossing and got under the train and derailed the cafe/diner car.

I don't see any news about the derailment though.

+

 

[Just-Thinking-51]

There was a bit of these that came out. The east bound on 1 December was cancelled also

Chicago did not try running a Superliner set in replacement. Just canceled.

 

[pennyk]

Train 91 collided with a vehicle in Jacksonville, FL 12/20/23

An AU member (and FB friend of mine) is on the train.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A man was sent to a local hospital in serious condition after colliding with an Amtrak train in the Dinsmore area of Jacksonville Wednesday morning, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said.

Police said the Amtrak train was traveling southbound on Dunn Avenue when the driver of a Kia driving eastbound approached the rail crossing with the arms deployed and drove around them.

https://www.news4jax.com/traffic/20...lR-H4SUvJEFqspzwK5tMpY6SSKCBmtU6wZyT4gbD8UDAQ

 

[AmtrakBlue]

Eastbound CZ 6(28) involved in serious accident east of Denver

Don’t have info to share at this time but the tracker shows it happened between Denver & Fort Morgan.
5(29) terminated at Lincoln NE
6(29) will terminate at Denver tonight

 

[AmtrakBlue]

First report with pics that I could find. This news source says there were only a few minor injuries.

KDVR News Source

 

[5280 Guy]

It's hard to believe how this stuff keeps happening, but a milk truck and a the CZ collided here in Colorado on the eastern plains. No one was seriously injured. I was going to be heading to Glenwood Springs today. Amtrak wanted to give a voucher. No thanks!

They are holding trains in Lincoln.

I wonder how Amtrak handles this with the passengers. This has to be really disruptive for all. They have to get them from a remote location and take them somewhere else. How does this work?

I assume suing the milk truck company is a done deal.

 

[Willbridge]

It's hard to believe how this stuff keeps happening, but a milk truck and a the CZ collided here in Colorado on the eastern plains. No one was seriously injured. I was going to be heading to Glenwood Springs today. Amtrak wanted to give a voucher. No thanks!

They are holding trains in Lincoln.

I wonder how Amtrak handles this with the passengers. This has to be really disruptive for all. They have to get them from a remote location and take them somewhere else. How does this work?

I assume suing the milk truck company is a done deal.

This accident occurred just east of Keenesburg, which is on the northeast edge of the Denver metro area. East of there, cell signals become intermittent. In the video and on the map it looks more remote than it is.

https://www.google.com/maps/@40.1285481,-104.4720204,17z?entry=ttu

 

[west point]

Another one of those acute angle grade crossings. If the double bottom was northbound another repeat of the other SWC derailment. It is time to at least get reflectors on the cross bucks so a train's headlights blink on the reflectors.

 

[AmtrakBlue]

Another one of those acute angle grade crossings. If the double bottom was northbound another repeat of the other CZ derailment. It is time to at least get reflectors on the cross bucks so a train's headlights blink on the reflectors.

Do you mean the SWC derailment?

 

[west point]

Do you mean the SWC derailment?

yes/ Another lost mind moment! Thanks have corrected

 

[Maelstrom]

About an hour of helicopter video of the wreck. Engine 816 is a total loss. Very lucky the rest of the cars stayed upright.

 

[Willbridge]

Evening news updates

Four injuries at the Keenesburg, Colorado area rural crossing. The engineer airlifted to a regional hospital; three passengers treated in a nearby hospital. The truck driver, who is from Alaska, and a passenger in the truck were not injured. No charges filed yet.

KDVR:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/new...1&cvid=0a9fc3a6554642219f3e41f637acc574&ei=40
KMGH:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/a...ck-on-the-tracks/vi-BB1hvWL1?ocid=socialshare

 

[soarbooks]

Thanks for posting video link. Very grateful that injuries were not much more serious all around.