Friends, family mourn victims of fatal accident in northern Maine – Bangor Daily News
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Friends, family mourn victims of fatal accident in northern Maine
Bangor Daily News MADAWASKA, Maine — On Monday morning, Kim Lausier of Madawaska, who was 8 months pregnant, was heading south on Route 161 to a prenatal doctor’s appointment in Central Aroostook. In the SUV with her was her husband, Robert Lausier, 53, … |
Western Springs to study cameras at railroad crossings – Chicago Tribune
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Western Springs to study cameras at railroad crossings
Chicago Tribune The village hosted a presentation Monday from RedSpeed Illinois, the company that operates the village’s red-light cameras, on the use of cameras to patrol the railroad crossing on Wolf Road. … And the village did not have specific accident data at … |
Spate of derailments deepens fear of oil train disaster – Fresno Bee
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Spate of derailments deepens fear of oil train disaster
Fresno Bee On Thursday, 21 cars of a 105-car Burlington Northern-Santa Fe train hauling oil from the Bakken region of North Dakota derailed about 3 miles outside Galena, Illinois, a town of about 3,000 in the state’s northwest corner. On Saturday, a 94-car … |
Minn. Lawmakers Point to Accidents to Make Case for Rail Upgrades – WDIO-TV
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Minn. Lawmakers Point to Accidents to Make Case for Rail Upgrades
WDIO-TV Scott Dibble, a Minneapolis Democrat, says it’s “sheer dumb luck” no similar accidents have happened in Minnesota. Seven or more … Flames shoot into a sky after a train carrying Bakken crude oil derailed near Galena, Illinois, on March 5. KCRG-TV … |
Spate of derailments deepens fear of oil train disaster – Philly.com
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Spate of derailments deepens fear of oil train disaster
Philly.com On Thursday, 21 cars of a 105-car Burlington Northern-Santa Fe train hauling oil from the Bakken region of North Dakota derailed about 3 miles outside Galena, Illinois, a town of about 3,000 in the state’s northwest corner. On Saturday, a 94-car … Spate of oil train derailments raises safety concernsWashington Post Derailments of trains carrying crude oil raise safety concernsGalesburg Register-Mail |
Five-vehicle accident closes four lanes of eastbound Interstate 70 before Peoria – FOX31 Denver
FOX31 DenverFive-vehicle accident closes four lanes of eastbound Interstate 70 before PeoriaFOX31 DenverFive-vehicle accident closes four lanes of eastbound Interstate 70 before Peoria. Posted 10:14 am, March 10, 2015, by Chuck Hickey, Updated at 11:07…
Spate of oil train derailments raises safety concerns – Charlotte Observer
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Spate of oil train derailments raises safety concerns
Charlotte Observer On Thursday, 21 cars of a 105-car Burlington Northern-Santa Fe train hauling oil from the Bakken region of North Dakota derailed about 3 miles outside Galena, Illinois, a town of about 3,000 in the state’s northwest corner. On Saturday, a 94-car … |
The Demolition of Workers’ Comp: ProPublica/NPR Report – ClaimsJournal.com
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The Demolition of Workers’ Comp: ProPublica/NPR Report
ClaimsJournal.com All the while, employers have found someone else to foot the bill for workplace accidents: American taxpayers, who shell out tens of billions of dollars a year through Social Security Disability Insurance, Medicare and Medicaid for lost wages and … |
Lawmakers want environmental review of Bakken pipeline plans – DesMoinesRegister.com
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Lawmakers want environmental review of Bakken pipeline plans
DesMoinesRegister.com The pipeline, which would transport up to 570,000 barrels of crude oil daily from North Dakota’s oil production region to Illinois, would slice diagonally through 18 Iowa counties. Dakota Access LLC, a unit of Dallas-based Energy Transfer Partners, is … |
Happening Now: Fatal Amtrak Accident in Yolo County – FOX40
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Happening Now: Fatal Amtrak Accident in Yolo County
FOX40 The Yolo County Sheriff’s Department is investigating a fatal Amtrak accident that killed one pedestrian. It’s reported that this happened sometime after 4:30 a.m. on County Road 105 and County Road 32A near Davis. It’s reported the train was traveling … Fatal train accident involving pedestrian shuts down Amtrak service in DavisNews10.net |
