Archive for the ‘Maryland Train Accidents’ Category

Two Metro workers were struck and killed by a maintenance vehicle along a track Tuesday.

The men were on a track when they were hit a few blocks from the Rockville Metro Station, Montgomery County Fire and Rescue spokesman Capt. Oscar Garcia said. One worker died at the scene and the other on the way to a hospital, Metro officials said.

Both men were automatic train technicians and the crash involved a large truck equipped to drive on the track when electricity is shut down, according to Metro spokeswoman Angela Gates. The agency said it would release the men’s names after their families were notified.

The deaths occurred at about 1:45 a.m. while the system was closed. The accident disrupted the morning rush for many commuters from Maryland as red line service was shut down between the Shady Grove and Twinbrook stations while the crash was investigated. Shuttles service was being provided between the stations.

The employees who were killed were installing new automatic train control equipment in the track bed. A failure in the automatic train control system, which detects the presence of a train on the track, is believed to have contributed to the June crash. However, Metro spokesman Steven Taubenkibel said the work being done Tuesday morning was routine maintenance.

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A man was struck and killed by a southbound Amtrak passenger train Friday south of the railroad’s Aberdeen station, according to Aberdeen police.

Officers responded to a call at 2:26 p.m. regarding a body that was observed about 15 feet from the railroad’s southbound track in the 600 block of S. Philadelphia Blvd., or U.S. 40. Amtrak and MARC commuter service was temporarily suspended. Amtrak police are investigating the death.

Last week, a 14-year-old student, Anna Marie Stickel, was killed when she was struck by an Amtrak train in Middle River

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Firefighters say a train carrying chemicals collided with a car in suburban Washington but did not spill any of its cargo.

Prince George’s County fire officials said the collision occurred about 6:15 a.m. Sunday in Beltsville between a 70-car CSX freight train and a car. They said the tracks are below street level and the unidentified driver was injured when his car left the road and went down an embankment.

The driver was able to escape the car before the train struck and was reported in serious condition at a local hospital, where he was treated for trauma to the upper body.

Police are investigating the crash.

Negligence must not only be asserted but proven if the party claiming to have been hurt is to win the case. To prove negligence the party bringing the action must show that a “reasonable man” would not have behaved in this fashion and therefore the defendant is liable. In this case we have an injury to a man who is in a car hit by a train. The question becomes who is at fault? the driver or the train? If its the driver of the car is at fault (negligent) then his negligence prevents his recovery. This is called contributory negligence. Once the defendant (the train) shows the plaintiff the driver was negligent He will get no money for his injuries.

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A 14 year old girl was hit and killed on Tuesday morning by an Amtrak train traveling from New York to Washington.

The detail of the accident and name of the girl was not immediately release. Baltimore County Police Lt. Robert McCullough said that there were children that knew the girl at the scene.

Amtrak spokeswoman Tracy Connell said trains were traveling in both directions but had to take turns using the single set of tracks after the accident

Amtrak halted all trains through the area near Essex, Maryland, to give investigators access to the scene. Authorities said the teen was hit at 9:02 a.m. ET.

The incident occurred around 11 miles north of the Baltimore, Maryland, rail station. Both Baltimore County Police and Amtrak were investigating.

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A boy killed Sunday, October 11, 2009 when he was struck by an Amtrak Acela train in Cecil County has been identified as a 13-year-old from the Elkton area. Maryland State Police and county officials said Shawn Luther Kelly was struck as he crossed railroad tracks near his home. The teen and two friends were returning to their homes after playing in a nearby wooded area. Vernae Graham, an Amtrak spokeswoman, said the southbound Boston-to-Washington train with 181 passengers might have been moving as fast as 130 mph shortly before 5 p.m. when it struck the boy about four miles west of Elkton. The boy was pronounced dead at the scene. Graham said none of the passengers or crew was injured. The train’s last stop before the incident was Wilmington, Del., 18 miles north of Elkton.

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