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4 hrs ago | Denton Record-Chronicle

7-year-old boy's leg amputated after he falls under train in Fort Worth 3:10 PM CT

A 7-year-old Fort Worth boy had his left leg amputated below the knee after he slipped under a train while playing on the tracks behind his babysitter's home, police said.

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Related Topix: Fort Worth, TX

Mon Nov 17, 2008

News.com.au

One dead after train hits car

Rail tragedy ... one person is dead after a terrible smash at a level crossing in Victoria.

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Kokomo Tribune

Lagro man killed by train

An 18-year-old Lagro man was killed Saturday when he attempted to cross a railroad.

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Related Topix: Lagro, IN, Wabash County, IN, Kokomo Metro, Kokomo, IN, Fire

This is The West Country

Exminster crash: man charged with murder

A MAN arrested in connection with a fatal road collision in Exminster on November 6 has been charged with murder.

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News.com.au

Cyclist falls into path of train

A MAN was critically injured when he toppled from his bike off a suburban railway station platform and into the path of a diesel locomotive.

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Calgary Sun

Driver escapes injury in wreck

An out-of-province driver stopped his car to talk on a cellphone yesterday but picked a bad place to do it.

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Sun Nov 16, 2008

KBMT

14 Year Old Texan Killed By Train

A 14-year-old boy has been struck by a train and killed in southwestern Anderson County.

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The Deerfield Review

Updated 11/11: Oriole Park woman is killed in train accident in Edgebrook

A 48-year-old woman was struck and killed by an Amtrak train at the Edgebrook Metra stop Nov.

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Related Topix: Chicago, IL, Cook County, IL, Chicago Metro, Glenview, IL

Rome News - Tribune

Teen arrested in early morning chase; two arrested in Saturday morning drive-by shooting

A 17-year-old driver and his passenger, Nigel Kante Staples, 23, of 11 Friar Tuck Road, were treated and released from Floyd Medical Center this morning after a wreck on West Hermitage Road where the teen ...

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Related Topix: Violent Crime, Rome, GA, Cedartown, GA

Reuters

Iraq struggles to sweep Saddam's landmine legacy

Inside an Iraqi clinic close to where Saddam Hussein's henchmen killed thousands of Kurds with poison gas, Azima Qadar waits for a check up of her artificial limb.

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Sat Nov 15, 2008

WTHR-TV 13

Teen dies after collision with train in Wabash Co.

A teenager died Saturday when his car was struck by a train in Wabash County. Police say 18-year-old Austin Sams was driving eastbound on Wabash Road shortly after 3 p.m. when he turned north on CR 700 West and ...

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Related Topix: Wabash County, IN

Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter

Car, train collide in Collins

A woman was injured in a car vs. train accident at the railroad crossing on Milwaukee Street in the town of Collins.

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Related Topix: Collins, WI, Valders, WI, Manitowoc County, WI

Newindpress

Radical Hindu terror plot in unsolved bombings?

NEW DELHI: More arrests are expected in the coming weeks as the frightening dimensions of a radical Hindu terror plot start to unravel, with investigators indicating that it had the makings of a larger ...

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Related Topix: World News, India, Asia, Terrorism

News Virginian

Man killed in train wreck

A Norfolk Southern freight train smashed into an elderly Stuarts Draft man's car Monday morning, killing him on a private lane near Lipscomb Road.

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Related Topix: Stuarts Draft, VA, Augusta County, VA

Fri Nov 14, 2008

KCBS

Accident Halted Northbound Caltrain Service

Northbound Caltrain service was halted Friday afternoon after a train struck a pedestrian on the tracks just north of the Hillsdale station in San Mateo.

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Related Topix: San Mateo, CA

Daily News Sun

Couple hurt in car/train collision

An elderly couple were seriously injured when their car was struck by a train Thursday morning in Surprise, police said.

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Related Topix: Surprise, AZ, El Mirage, AZ, Sun City West, AZ

The Daily Times

a A train wreck saved our livesa

"The train wreck was what saved our lives," said Lawrence E. Losey of Claremore.

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Related Topix: Life, Claremore, OK, Veteran Affairs, Pryor, OK, US Military, Fort Sill, US Army, Fort Sill, OK

Chico Enterprise Record

Paid training is just start at the CHP academy

The California Highway Patrol is hiring. Those are powerful words in this economy, and for those who make the grade, a career opportunity with good pay, excellent benefits and relative security may be just 27 ...

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Related Topix: Sacramento, CA, West Sacramento, CA, Sacramento Metro

Thu Nov 13, 2008

Las Cruces Sun-News

Fort Bliss looks into traffic deaths

Fort Bliss officials are examining a rash of deaths involving soldiers in the past year or so in hope of preventing others from occurring.

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Related Topix: Fort Bliss, TX

WGN-TV Chicago

Metra settles suit in fatal crash for $11 million

Even as Metra agreed to pay $11 million Wednesday to the families of two women killed when a speeding train derailed in 2005, the commuter line said a high-tech system designed to prevent similar crashes won't ...

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Related Topix: New Lenox, IL, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL

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