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NTSB Reveals New Findings In Lower Saucon Train Derailment
Seven crewmembers were treated for minor injuries when three trains derailed after a collision in Lower Saucon early this month, the National Transportation Safety Board said in a new report. The collision happened on tracks parallel to Riverside Drive around 7:15 a.m. on March 2, officials have said. All three were Norfolk Southern trains. Investigators now say NS intermodal train 24XH101 was stopped on the tracks due to traffic when it was struck by train 268H429. Both trains were eastbound. As a result, train 268H429 derailed three railcars onto the adjacent …
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Lower Saucon Train Derailment: Riverside Drive Reopens, Officials Say
Riverside Drive is open again for through traffic after a head-on train collision caused a triple derailment on Saturday morning, March 2. SEE ALSO: Norfolk Southern Trains Collide, Derailing Into Lehigh River The road was reopened around 3 p.m., Lower Saucon police said. The collision happened on tracks parallel to Riverside Drive around 7:15 a.m., officials have said. The National Transportation Safety Board said an eastbound train hit a parked train on the same tracks, causing both to derail. Loose cars from one of those trains collided with a third one, cau…
Police & Fire
Driver Struck By Train, Pushed 200 Feet, Police In Pennsylvania Say
A 29-year-old man was driving a car that stopped train tracks and ending up getting pushed and rolled off the tracks, police announced on Wednesda night. Kaden Stetler of Horseshoe Road in Lancaster was driving a silver 2009 Ford Edge that stopped on the tracks in the 300 block of Willow Road for an unknown reason shortly before 9:30 a.m. on Sept. 6, according to East Lampeter Township police. A Norfolk Southern train struck Steltler's Ford on the passenger side – pushing it approximately 200 feet – then the car "dislodged" and rolled off of the tracks, the police said. …
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State Police Investigating As Crash With Train Destroys Car In Northampton County (
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State Police are investigating the cause of a train collision in Northampton County that left a car almost entirely destroyed. The Forks Township Fire Dept. responded to the crash on Route 191 in Stockertown on the afternoon of Tuesday, Aug. 30, the squad said. Crews treated the patient at the scene until EMS teams arrived, the department said. The crash left Route 191 completely blocked. Scroll down to view additional photos from the crash scene. Fire 25 responded to motor vehicle collision between a car vs. a train in Stockertown on Rte 191 on Tuesday afternoon. ... Posted by Fork…
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arminster Train, Box Truck Collide In Montgomery County
A box truck driver suffered minor and non life-threatening injuries in an early-morning collision with a SEPTA Warminster train in Montgomery County, rail officials said. The crash occurred at the intersection of Susquehanna and Easton roads in the Roslyn section of Abington around 5:30 a.m., according to SEPTA spokesman John Golden. There were no passengers aboard the train at the time of the crash, and service was suspended for approximately an hour and 15 minutes, Golden said. The cause of the crash was not known, although inclement weather may have been a factor, officials sa…