February 25, 2000 - Decatur GA - A Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) automatic train control technician was struck and killed, by eastbound MARTA train 103, while inspecting signal equipment on the main track near Avondale Station. Saraland, AL - 9/22/93 "Derailment of Amtrak Train No. March 3, 2006 Berwyn, IL Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation (BNSF) 58 years-old Ticket Agent with 40 years of service was fatally injured when struck by a collapsing building caused when an out-of-control automobile struck the southeast corner of the train station. He is survived by his mother, Lee Ward; father, Roy Ward; brother, Keith; and sister-in-law, Laurie. Sgt. Hurd couldn't say when authorities might be able to reopen the section of freeway about 30 miles north of downtown Los Angeles. Because MyLife only collects this data and does not create it, we cannot fully guarantee its accuracy. May 14, 2003 - McBride, British Columbia - BLE member Art P. McKay of BLET Division 843 (Prince George, B.C.) Troy Schafer was struck and killed by a light rail train while working on the tracks. He always remained active in local union activities up until his untimely death. Also killed in the wreck was Shawn Trevor Hogg, age 31, a fellow member of Division 563. He was a locomotive engineer on the former Santa Fe lines for the past 33 years and joined the BLET on June 1, 1975. Jason Tunnell - President/CEO - BCC Waste Solutions, LLC - LinkedIn Mike D. Vinet, 39 yrs. It was difficult and inconvenient, and in the 1920s, the two counties decided it was time to bore through the hills. Information on this site is preliminary information relating to motor vehicle injury and fatal crashes investigated by the Missouri State Highway Patrol. Garrett Goble, 36, of Brooklyn was found unresponsive on the tracks after he and another transit worker, who was onboard as a passenger, helped riders evacuate the burning subway. Jason's wife, Sheila. Friends, Neighbors, or Classmates. "It looks like a bomb had gone off," California Highway Patrol spokesman Jim Mattos said at the time. Four other CN employees were in the yard and one was nearby, but no one else was hurt. [It was later determined that Brother Limon had been shot several times.] The hopper-style car rolled over her leg, then crushed her slender body. The last homicide in Lincoln County occurred in 2009. He had about seven years of railroad experience. Andrew was formerly a Creative Executive at Westbrook Studios. His heart stopped twice while receiving medical treatment during that time. Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott said Thursday that initially it was believed the driver of the truck moved the barricades off the road, which had been closed for four days because of a washout. "It looks like something out of World War II in there.". The violations involved failing to evaluate the hazards of a confined space, failing to inform workers of the danger posed by confined space, and failing to take prevention measures related to entering the confined space. Maybe its a subconscious desire to escape the uneasy claustrophobia of a windowless space. The pair was arrested after a five-day manhunt, prosecutors said. To make sure you never miss out on your favourite NEW stories, we're happy to send you some reminders, Click 'OK' then 'Allow' to enable notifications, .css-o3g03s{color:black;}Published16:35,20 December 2022 GMT.css-1aaqh7x{color:#666666;}@media (min-width:1024px){.css-1aaqh7x{color:#666666;}}| Last updated16:35,20 December 2022 GMT. June 15, 1971 - Yardley PA - Reading Company commuter train 571 struck a truck loaded with coils of steel at the Sony Hill Road crossing. Its a story that been repeated with some reason after a series of recent high-profile accidents involving trains. TEHACHAPI, Calif. - August 17, 2014 - Deputies from the Tehachapi Substation responded to a report of a man down at an industrial complex located in the 1500 block of Goodrick Drive. He is survived by his wife, Carla, son, Lenny Noice II, a twin brother, a sister and both parents. Promoted to engineer January 1995. 3012. The agency recently issued citations to Rebel Oil for three serious violations and proposed a $11,475 penalty. He was known by his co-workers as a model employee and leaves behind his wife and two childrenan eight-year-old son and a five-year-old daughter. July 12, 2014 - NORTH FREEDOM, WI The Sauk County Sheriffs Department has identified the 66-year-old woman killed in a train accident Saturday as Linda L. Rowe of North Freedom. The conductor was thrown from the derailing car and was killed. The truck driver was pronounced dead at the scene from massive injuries. June 29, 2006. Dec. 4, 2006 Carson, CA - Union Pacific Railroad (UP) 35 years-old brakeman with 8 years, 11 months of service was fatally injured during a collision with a delivery truck at a highway-rail grade crossing, during a switching operation. He was a member of Lodge #225 of the BMWED-IBT. They were part of a 12-man crew cleaning an area where new rails had been installed. He told LADbible: "Reefer was with me that night and another guy called Lee who, my partner at the time, it was her mom's partner or friend. September 15, 2018 Ponton Manitoba A 38 year-old Hudson Bay Railway conductor was killed and a 59 year-old engineer was seriously injured when their train derailed at a washed-out bridge. November 27, 1996 - Amtrak trackman, Aaron King, killed when struck by train. Brother Hall hired out in 1994 and joined the BLET on January 29, 1999. The company pleaded guilty and was fined $225,000. One key difference with those laws, noted Loyola University Chicago law professor Alexander Tsesis, is that the material in question was typically generated in private. He got to the emergency room in less than 10 minutes, but they made him sit down and fill out paperwork before seeing him, not realizing the gravity of his injury. It appears he was leaning over the railing of his moving locomotives side running board in an attempt to check the fuel level in a fuel-tank sight glass. KANSAS CITY, KS - July 14, 2014 - A contractor for Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway was killed Monday after he fell into a train car full of grain. The fatal collision happened exactly one week after Brother Connor's 56th birthday. "This is very sad and unfortunate," he added. Canadas TSB later released their report on the accident. March 5, 2017 - Granite City, IL - In an accident at the rail yard of the US Steel Granite City plant, 42 year old employee Timothy Dagon, died in a switching accident. Reached at their Northwest Side home, Herstine's wife, Sara, was too distraught to give an interview. The taxi was transporting the two UP employees from San Jose to Roseville. Ward, of North Conway, N.H., a member of UTU Local 587 at Greenfield, Mass., was caught under a railroad car as he and others attempted to uncouple it from an engine while they were working in a River Road railroad yard. It is the second year the company has worked on the bridge. Miranda Valles is seen in an undated photo riding her motorcycle. According to Facebook's community standards, the company removes "graphic images when they are shared for sadistic pleasure or to celebrate or glorify violence." [In August 2016, the NTSB issued a determination that the collision resulted for a fatigued engineer and conductor who were both likely asleep.]. June 15, 2020 Port Edward, British Columbia A Canadian National Railway conductor died while working in switching operations in the Port Edward CN rail yard located just south of Prince Rupert. Our brothers & sisters continue to be killed on the job and what we see from the railroads are continuous testing harassment and ineffective "blame the worker" safety programs. Gengler also said the speed of image-sharing makes it challenging for police to notify family members of a death before they see it on a website or get word through a text. Green was an engineer for DeQueen & Eastern Railroad Co., which is a subsidiary of the Weyerhaeuser Co. Workers there perform maintenance as well as custom work on railcars. A survivor of the fire, Paul Petroelje, told the San Francisco Examiner that he saw Steve waving down traffic entering the tunnel and turning them around. January 05, 2005 - Amarillo TX - An Amarillo man died Wednesday night after a Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway train hit him. Jason explained his best friend's death truly hit him when he went to see Reefer with his family. Brother Carter was a member of BLET Division 858 in Pine Bluff, Ark. "They heard a thump," Holekamp said. Worsham is believed to be a resident of the area, although his address remains unconfirmed. Brother Edenfield was a member of BLET Division 35 (Jacksonville, Fla.), having served a term as its Secretary-Treasurer in the late 1990s. November 30, 2006 - Alexandria, VA - About 930 AM, a northbound Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) Metrorail Yellow Line subway train struck and fatally injured two Metrorail employees who were performing a routine walking inspection along an outdoor section of main track near the Eisenhower Avenue station in Alexandria, Virginia. The engineer, Lester Foster, was seriously injured before being rescued by residents in the area of the crash. to see possible family members, friends, co-workers, and associates found from multiple government records, social and public sources. Engineer, Tim V. Anderson, 34 yrs. ", Dawn Valles holds the motorcycle helmet of her deceased daughter, 21-year-old Miranda Valles, in Miranda's room in their Downers Grove home on Sept. 14, 2016. "Matt's dead, and I'm trying to figure out how to get past those images," he said. Within two months, Leslie was fully certified as a conductor and was excelling in her position. The investigation into this terrible tragedy is continuing. He joined the UTU in 1989. Student Engineer since January 1, 1996. [] But I owe it to Reefer to try and bring something positive out of this and do something with my life. 49". He was crushed to death when scaffolding on a flatbed car caught on a cable dangling from a tunnel wall and careened on top of the subway work car Almeida was operating. The van is owned by J&K Transport and was used as a transport taxi to shuttle railroad employees back and forth from train destinations. According to Division 230 Local Chairman Brian Glebe, the accident occurred around 10:30 p.m. in the Meridian rail yard. 2943 and U.S. Highway 60, where three tracks run east and west, the report said. Most Facebook users can now claim settlement money. Thanks, family and friends of Tony Wray. The cause of the crash is still under investigation. January 26, 2010 - Rockville, MD- Federal officials investigating the deaths Tuesday of two Metro employees are trying to determine why the driver of a Metro utility vehicle did not know that the men were working behind him on the tracks. Copyright 2020 WJHG. 501(c)(3) nonprofit registered in the US under EIN: 02-0554654. Lessert was a gang foreman who had been with BNSF for 10 years. Andrew has written for The Atlantic, Vice, SF Weekly, the San Francisco Chronicle, McSweeney's, The Bold Italic, Drowned in Sound and many other places. The pileup in the southbound truck tunnel of Interstate 5 began about 11 p.m. Friday when two big rigs collided. "There could be, unfortunately, more people that were not able to escape.". Authorities do not yet know how the employee, who was working on a crew involved in a routine switching operation on a side track, was killed. He is survived by a wife and two children. Ricks was beaten to death by the Harrisons on their way to a remote Wyoming hideout, dodging police who say they tied up five women in a Utah basement. The conductor, Ray V. Jagers, 45, was killed. Charles Willey, 59, of Chappell, Nebraska, was an employee of BNSF and was living temporarily in Newcastle at the time of his death. November 4, 1997 - Amtrak B&B mechanic, John Fabe, killed when struck by train. old at time of death, employed with Amtrak RR since July 1, 1979. Walter Erickson, 63, of Lenaxa KS was pronounced dead on the scene. Stories About Car Accident - CBS Baltimore We've become a "camera culture, a digital culture, making what once were very private moments public," she said. May 22, 1967 - New York, NY - Six crewmen died when two New York Central trains collided head-on. Saliba said the train was travelling "at a high rate of speed" when the accident happened. Man explains what it felt like to kill his best friend drink driving old at time of death, employed with Denver & Rio Grande Western Railway. Copyright 2023 CBS Interactive Inc. All rights reserved. June 24, 2009 - Albertville, AL - Conductor Dustin Moles, 33, a member of Local 1972, Birmingham, Ala., was killed June 24, 2009, when the Alabama & Tennessee River Railroad train on which he was riding derailed while being switched into a shipper facility. Jason Maxwell Tunnell, 49 - Lynn Haven, FL - MyLife.com October 11, 2010 - Orange, TX- MATTHEW ETHEREDGE, a 23 year old Orange resident was training to be a rail switchman at a facility that manufactured ethylene and co-polymer products, and used a fleet of approximately 600 railcars to pull raw materials into and finished products out of the plant. Springfield Township, Mich. -- November 15, 2001 "Engineer killed in CN head-on collision". He belonged to BLET Division 184 in Schiller Park, Wisc. He was working as a Wisconsin & Southern Railroad employee when died about 9:20 p.m. on March 5 at Lakeside Foods Co. Jason's last scene 11-19-21 - YouTube The conductor, later identified as Tony Nenasheff, was a 17 year CP employee. When they arrived, they discovered the man crushed beneath rail cars. The city medical examiner will officially determine the cause of death. "Tony" Mills, 58, was also killed in the accident, and the brakeman, Charles LaBella, 58, jumped off the rear of the train and suffered minor injuries. June 30, 2007 - Ft McMurray, Alberta - Darina Valentik was a small woman just 115 pounds and a shade over five feet tall. There was 21-year-old Miranda's remains on the pavement near that of her 41-year-old . Chapman says the dead worker's body was recovered about five hours later. Jody Allen Herstine, 37, was using the waist-strapped remote-control device, which moves trains without the need of a conductor on board, to operate two locomotives shortly before 1 a.m. at the Union Pacific railyards on the near East Side when he was run over. Brother Ste. This tragic accident is a reminder to us of the importance of safety in what can be an unforgiving industry. Isobutane escaped and vaporized for 8 to 10 minutes before it exploded. Brother T.O. With the connection between the locomotive and the car severed, the 2 began to separate. Investigations are underway by several agencies, including the RCMP, Coroners Service, CN Police, Transportation Safety Board, WorkSafe BC, and Human Resources and Skills Development. Brother John Paul Schneider, 54, of Spokane Valley died of blunt force trauma to the head, trunk and lower extremities. When Etheredge was located, he was found lying next to the railroad tracks with visible facial injuries with no pulse. Dec. 18, 2006 Selkirk, NY - CSX Transportation Incorporated (CSX) 53 years-old car inspector with 13 years of service was fatally injured during a collision between a locomotive and the all terrain vehicle (ATV) he was driving at a highway-rail grade crossing. Oct. 13, 2006 Pajaro, CA - Union Pacific Railroad (UP) 49 years-old brakeman with 2 years, 8 months of service was struck and killed by three coupled railroad cars at the UPs Watsonville Junction Yard in Pajaro, California. The train continued moving and then the car Bankston was on shifted. It is believed his Ford Explorer hydroplaned in rapidly rising flash flood waters, and his vehicle came to rest in a ditch to the side of the road. President Tsai Ing-wen has sent her condolences to the families of the victims and ordered an investigation. Two skywalks that spanned the second and fourth floors of the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri, lie in ruins after collapsing on July 17, 1981. The engineer was making a back-up move when Hubbard stopped giving instructions. Identified as Gabriel Sanchez of Berwyn, he was operating a trailer spotter that moves containers between a semi and a train at the CSX yard in the 2100 block of West 59th St. Tapia, who was working a two-person remote control assignment, reportedly was found between the cars by fellow workers after his remote control device broadcast an automatic man down alert. ** If you are searching for information about deceased railroaders, please note that RWU has no more information than what is posted here. August 17, 2010 Elwood Park IL Robert Steve Ryan died from cardiac arrest while working as an engineer on an overnight 12 hr shift at approx. 2020 News Report - widow files wrongful death suit. November 3, 2016 -- Brooklyn, NY - Track worker Louis Gray of the Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) was working as a construction flagger at the time of his death just after midnight in Brooklyn, NY. The person who wrote the email declined to identify who runs the site, saying it's a group of volunteers. Two brakemen, an engineer and a conductor were on board the engine, which was on its way to switch to another track, an operation that takes several minutes to complete, said Sauk County Sheriff Chip Meister. "CSX is providing support to co-workers of the employee. . Im Attorney Michael Grossman and when Im not kicking tail in the courtroom, I write about accidents in the news and provide a lawyers perspective. old at time of death, employed with Amtrak since August 1, 1980. . At least one was carrying produce, and a smoldering load of cabbages lay scattered across the pavement. government sources. "He was always such a good guy, loved by everybody. Updates: Files Released & NTSB Speaks Out - NTSB issues a final accident report. Locomotive Engineer Peter Whitehead, 39 years old at time of death, employed by CP Rail. June 22, 2009 - Washington DC - On Monday, June 22, 2009, about 4:58 p.m., eastern daylight time, inbound Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Metrorail train 112 struck the rear of stopped inbound Metrorail train 214. The conductor, engineer and a heavy equipment operator were seriously injured. I hope I will never need your services. She is survived by her mother and father, Delois and Ray Carter, a brother, David, a sister, Mildred, and many nieces and nephews. George, as he was known, was a native of Kiev, Ukraine, who married an American serving there as a missionary. February 20, 2013 - Carvel, Alberta - USW Local 2004 member Fernando Borges succumbed to his injures in the morning of February 22nd. At a curve in the track, the locomotive derailed and slid about 800 feet down the mountain. He is survived by his wife, Ann, four daughters and a stepdaughter. Mike Honigsberg, emergency management director for neighboring Garfield County, said Brother Pendarvis and Conductor Williams were heroes for their last-second attempts to halt the train. One of the freight cars became uncoupled during a switching move, causing the train to derail and roll forward, striking the victim, police Lt. Paul Williams said soon after the accident. May 1, 2011 - Veteran BLET member Christopher L. Carter, 57, drowned on his way to work on May 1, 2011, when his car was swept away by swiftly rising floodwaters in Mayflower, Ark. June 6, 2003 Kingsport, TN - CSX Transportation, Incorporated - 35 years-old Brakeman with 3 years of service - during a backing maneuver to dock his trailer, a Tractor-Trailer Operators vehicle jack-knifed into the side of a railroad switching movement, striking, pinning, and fatally injuring the Brakeman, who was riding the northeast corner side ladder of the lead rail car. 2023 E. Michael Grossman, All rights reserved. We just wanted to gather people in our community, not just in our church but in the community but people that know Jason and his family have come together and are praying and asking God to miraculously heal him.. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune). "We're very distraught here," Holekamp said from the company offices in Wisconsin. The Yorkville Police Department, along with Plano officers, Kendall County sheriff's deputies and the Bristol-Kendall Fire Department responded to the incident. The engineer of N-48 and the conductor and flagman on Train N-49 were killed. Member of Division 23. Brother Paul Michael Castle died on November 12, 2013 from the injuries sustained in the accident. May 24, 1972 - Maquon IL - Two Burlington Northern freight trains collided head-on near Maquon, Illinois. The others were BLET Member John S. Hall (not related) and UTU member Brian L. Stone. March 12, 2018 Nashville TN A CSX employee, Quintin Pasley of Clay City, KY - age 59 - was working for CSX out of Wartrace, TN. Brother Troy Jordan, 49 of Shawnee KS. According to a WorkSafeBC report, faulty equipment and a long list of mechanical errors caused the 2017 logging train derailment in Woss on Vancouver Island. August 24, 1978 - Amtrak Lineman, T. Pershing, electrocuted on the job. In a statement, CN Railway said: Multiple police agencies continue to investigate the shooting death of a security officer who was tragically killed Saturday evening while on duty at the CN railroad yard in Harvey. When firefighters arrived on the scene, rail crews were in the process of trying to remove the grain from the train car. June 24, 2014 - Birmingham, AL - Caleb Bankston, a 27-year-old Collinsville man, died midday Tuesday in an accident at the Alabama Warrior Railway in Birmingham. He suffered catastrophic damage to his body sustaining critical injuries to both legs, shattered his L4s and L5s in his spine, suffered a traumatic brain injury when he struck his head on the ground, and also sustained severe cone and rod issues in his eyes that left him legally blind. According to reports, the collision caused Green to have a massive stroke from which he never recovered. The Edgar Thomson plant is part of U.S. Steel's Mon Valley Works and produces steel slabs. He died after being taken in extremely critical condition to Creighton University Medical Center. Member of Division 518. [RWU learns about accident]. Milby E.Winn, 59 yrs. December 2, 1995 - Harrison NJ - Two Port Authority workers were killed when they were struck by a PATH train. "They loved being on the train," Shepard said of White and her cousin. About 1,800 are leased to various companies. August 4, 2011 - BNSF employee and UTU member Deborah Ann Beeler was killed in a Tulsa, Okla., yard accident Aug. 4 when a vehicle in which she was riding was struck by a flatcar during a hump operation, according to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol. September 20, 1917 - Philadelphia PA - A B&O brakeman was killed at the Race Street yard in Philadelphia. Between the two of them, they had worked for Metro for almost 10,000 hours before their careers ended Tuesday under the crush of a three-ton truck backing down the tracks in the middle of the night. Both Thompson and Crose had recently moved to the Hurley area just three weeks ago for Crose's job. fatal tunnel accident, fatal tunnel accidents, fatal tunnel accident compilation, tunnel accident, fatal tunnel crash, fatal tunnel fire, car crash compilati. Amid fear some of the material on the train cars could be hazardous, law enforcement evacuated some residents in the southern part of town. Traffic was being detoured onto U.S. 6 Loveland Pass. The cause of the initial crash was being investigated, but authorities said it was raining at the time. April 17, 2014 - Klamath Falls, OR - An employee at an Oregon rail yard fatally shot a co-worker, the authorities said Thursday. Sister Perkins worked at Domtar for 24 years. The crash resulted in the death of two union members, conductor Gilberto Ortiz, and brakeman Kevin Williams. "People think (accident photos are) cool to look at, but it's not so cool when it's your family. She wasnt built for hard labour. The effort has major hurdles among them a technology that's hard to rein in and legal protections over recording in public spaces but backers hope at minimum to get people to think before they take or share such a photo or video. I have friends in the fire department and they always said it's the smoke that kills you. old at time of death, employed with Union Pacific RR-Central Region since April 1, 1978. June 24, 2012 - Brother John S. Hall, a member of BLET Division 592 (Dalhart, Texas), was killed in the line of duty on June 24, 2012. The wreck - which took place on the busy BNSF transcon - created a large fire and forced the evacuation of area residents. After jumping out of a Black Hawk helicopter at 1,500 feet, his parachute malfunctioned at approximately 250 feet, causing Wheeler to hit the ground at full force. and that he was looking forward to his retirement once he reached the age of 55. Gairo was a Past President of the East Penn Traction Club (EPTC) and current President of the Electric City Trolley Museum Association (ECTMA) having served over 20 years in this capacity. He worked for the Union Railroad for 35 years. New Orleans policesaid the accident happened at 6:22 a.m. along Lake Pontchartrain near Hayne Boulvard and Mercier Street. Tunnel crash tragedy: At least five dead and dozens more injured after crash involving bus and truck sparks massive fire in Seoul .
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