The New York Post reported recently that a tragic construction-site accident led to the electrocution of a female ironworker at the Mineola station of the Long Island Railroad on the morning of Saturday, March 13, 2021. According to information provided by representatives of the Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) and the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR), …
Train Hits Car In West Hempstead
Newsday reported recently that a motor vehicle accident occurred in the Long Island hamlet of West Hempstead, involving a train and a thankfully unoccupied vehicle, on the evening of Wednesday, February 10. According to a news release issued by the Long Island Rail Road, the incident took place between 8:25 p.m. and 9:15 p.m. Eastern …
Huntington Station Wreck Injures Two
Patch reported recently that two drivers were injured on Sunday, December 27 during a motor vehicle accident in Huntington Station, a hamlet in Suffolk County near the north shore of Long Island. According to officials from the Suffolk County Police Department and the Huntington Manor Fire Department, the incident took place in front of the …
Wednesday Wrecks Produce Two Fatalities
QSN.com reported recently that a person died in a fatal accident involving a Long Island Rail Road train on the morning of Wednesday, November 4. The incident occurred around 7 a.m. at the Laurelton Station at 224-49 Prospect Court, according to information from officials of the New York City Fire Department, when an unidentified person …
Woman Killed By Train In Greenport
Hudson Valley 360 reports on a New York City woman that was struck by a train in Greenport, tragically leading to her death. The woman, 54 years of age, was walking north along railroad tracks Friday evening with an unidentified companion when she was struck by an Amtrak train traveling south along the tracks, about …
Be Safe When Taking The New York Subway
The New York Post reports a witness describing the horrific death of a woman on New York Subway tracks. At about 12:20 a.m., two young women were coming from a holiday party where they had been drinking. They got off the southbound A train at the Broadway Station. 33-year-old Kwame Martin reported that the two women …
Man Jumps In Front Of Train While Holding Daughter, Child Survives
While it’s hard to determine what motivates people to trespass on train tracks, it is known that fatalities have occurred in collisions involving trains and pedestrians. According to the Federal Railroad Administration, in 2018, there were a total of 571 trespassing fatalities nationwide. California garnered the largest share of these fatalities, with 123. New York …
Door Error Causes Train Rider To Fall Onto Tracks
On Monday, December 17th, 2018, three people were killed aboard an Amtrak commuter train near Olympia, Washington. That incident was the deadliest railway incident since eight people were killed during an Amtrak derailment in Pennsylvania in 2015. Passengers dying aboard trains in railway accidents are becoming increasingly rare. In all of 2016, only one person …
Criminal Charges Dropped Again In 2015 Rail Crash
Senator Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., has been calling for increased and improved railroad safety for years. After three fatal Amtrak collisions in less than two months over 2017, he renewed those calls. One of the improvements that Blumenthal has wanted to implement has been sitting on the “most wanted” list of the NTSB for years. That …
Man Caused Delays After Jumping In Front Of Train
When it comes to subway and railway deaths in New York, suicide is the primary cause of death. In 2013, there were 28 deaths by a subway train. Of those, 16 were attributed to suicide. That number is down from 2010 when a staggering 35 of 51 fatalities were believed to be suicide. Hudson Valley …