The operators of the train were killed when it crashed into rail cars parked on alternate tracks that run along the Salton Sea.
PG&E on Thursday disclosed ‘electrical activity’ near where the Mosquito fire started in the foothills east of Sacramento. The blaze made a run later that afternoon.
After an Amtrak train collided with a dump truck in Missouri in June, killing four people and injuring more than 150 others, federal transportation officials faced calls toThe Missouri crossing lacked lights and gates, which prompted federal investigators to call the incident preventable. Upgrades were scheduled at the crossing but had not yet begun, despite complaints from local farmers.
NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy said about 50% of the nation’s 130,000 railway crossings are considered “passive,” meaning they don’t have lights, bells or gates. Incidents involving highway and railroad crossings make up about a quarter of all train incidents and about 30% of all train-related fatalities, according toThe majority of the 1,381 train-related deaths from 2019 to June 2022 involved people trespassing onto railroad tracks. In that same span, 13 railway employees have died in train accidents.