A man was killed and three other people injured when their car was hit by a train at a railway crossing in Wiang Sa district on Sunday night. Police said express train No 172, which departed Sungai Kolok at 11.30am for Bangkok, hit the Totoya Vios as it crossed the tracks in front of Ban Song temple in tambon Ban Song about 10.40pm.
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One killed, 20 hurt after train derails near Brussels
One person has been killed and up to 20 others were injured after a passenger train derailed and flipped on its side near the Belgian capital Brussels. One person has been killed and up to 20 others were injured after a passenger train derailed and flipped on its side near the Belgian capital Brussels.
India rail disaster kills 39 passengers
Rescuers struggled Sunday to pull survivors from the wreckage of a train crash which killed 39 passengers in India, the latest disaster on the country’s creaking rail network. Officials were investigating whether Maoist rebels had tampered with the track, after eight coaches and the engine of the Jagdalpur-Bhubaneswar express were derailed at around 11:00pm on Saturday in Andhra Pradesh state.
At least 36 killed as Indian train derails
Derailed coaches of a Hirakhand express train from Jagdalpur to Bhubaneswar are seen near Kuneri station, in the state of Andhra Pradesh, outside the town of Rayagada, India, in this still image from video January 22, 2017. – Reuters Derailed coaches of a Hirakhand express train from Jagdalpur to Bhubaneswar are seen near Kuneri station, in the state of Andhra Pradesh, outside the town of Rayagada, India, in this still image from video January 22, 2017.
Latest India rail disaster kills 32, officials investigate track tampering
The train was travelling from the city of Jagdalpur to Bhubaneswar when it came off the track nearly 160 kilometres from Visakhapatnam, the nearest city to the accident site Rescuers battled Sunday to pull survivors from the wreckage of a train crash which killed 32 passengers in southern India, the latest in a series of disasters on the country’s creaking rail network. Officials were investigating whether Maoist rebels had tampered with the track, after eight coaches and the engine of the Jagdalpur-Bhubaneswar express were derailed at around 11:00 pm on Saturday.
At least 23 killed, scores injured as Indian train derails
At least 23 people were killed and around 100 injured after an express train derailed in southeast India Saturday night in the latest disaster to hit one of the world’s largest rail networks. Eight coaches and the engine of the Jagdalpur-Bhubaneswar express derailed at 11:00 pm near Kuneru railway station in Vizianagram district of Andhra Pradesh state Eight coaches and the engine of the Jagdalpur-Bhubaneswar express derailed at 11:00 pm near Kuneru railway station in Vizianagram district of Andhra Pradesh state.
Next-gen 911: CRTC braces for emergency video
It’s going to take a lot more than new regulations to allow all Canadians to send urgent, life-and-death text and video messages to emergency call centres, say advocates of so-called next-generation 911 services. Organizations, including the Canadian Interoperability Technology Interest Group, say a hearing this week by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission into expanding 911 service across the country is just the beginning of what’s needed to upgrade services to take advantage of new technologies.
Train hits car in Waikato
Emergency services were called to the crash on the rail tracks at the south end of Matamata, at State Highway 27, at 7.21am on Saturday. The driver, the sole occupant, was able to get out of the car before the train hit it, Northern Fire Communications shift manager Colin Underdown.
The Latest: Vatican lets homeless sleep in church amid cold
Waves crash into the sea wall at Seaham northeast England Friday Jan. 13, 2017. The North of England was covered in a blanket of snow while the east coast was braced for a storm surge that could cause flooding.
Nye Frankie Newman was involved in an accident on the Paris metro on January 1
Nye Frankie Newman, from Guildford, was involved in a “train accident on the Metro” on January 1, his parkour group said. Mr Newman was a keen participant of the craze which sees people climb and jump over obstacles and buildings in urban environments.
Merkel summons security leaders in wake of truck attack
When the province announced last week that it had found a buyer for Thunder Bay’s casino, it was reassuring to learn that the more than 300 pe BERLIN – Chancellor Angela Merkel summoned Germany’s top security officials Tuesday to discuss the government’s response to the deadly truck attack in Berlin that claimed at least 12 lives. Nearly 50 people were injured when a truck plowed into a popular Christmas market filled with tourists and locals outside the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church near Berlin’s Zoo station late Monday.
Truck mows through German holiday market, killing 9
A passenger in the truck, which stopped after running down several vendor stands, was among the dead in a Berlin market. – A truck rammed into a crowded Christmas market in central Berlin on Monday evening, killing at least nine people and injuring around 50 as it tore through tables and wooden stands.
12 killed after truck rams Berlin Christmas market crowd
A truck rammed into a crowded Christmas market in central Berlin on Monday evening, killing at least 12 people and injuring around 50 as it tore through tables and wooden stands. Police said a suspect believed to be the driver was arrested nearby and a passenger died as paramedics were treating him.
Early morning rail delays into London
Early morning rail services between East Anglia and London were disrupted after Network Rail engineering work overran between Seven Kings and Shenfield. The first trains got through the work on what is expected to be one of the busiest shopping days of the year at about 9.30am.
Berlin Christmas market: 12 dead, 48 hospitalized in truck crash
A truck ran into a Christmas market Monday, December 19, 2016 evening in a major public square in Berlin, killing nine people and injuring at least 50 others, police said. A truck ran into a Christmas market Monday, December 19, 2016 evening in a major public square in Berlin, killing nine people and injuring at least 50 others, police said.