[Magdalen] Train accident

[Eleanor Braun]

Looks like around 2000 incidents per year (declining over time), resulting
in 200+ deaths and ~1000 other injuries.
https://www.fra.dot.gov/eLib/Details/L17342

Eleanor

On Wed, Jan 31, 2018 at 4:07 PM, Sally Davies <sally.davies at gmail.com>
wrote:

> This happened to Keith in California a few years back, his one and only
> trip to USA so far. Train hit a vehicle on a crossing, delayed many hours.
>
> Is it a common event?
>
> Sally D
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On 31 Jan 2018, at 21:19, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > A train carrying a GOP delegation from DC to a retreat collided with a
> trash truck about ten mile outside of Charlottesville this morning, killing
> the truck driver and seriously injuring two other people in the truck. One
> person on the train was hospitalized, and a couple of others were treated
> and released. My son-in-law said there were cops all over the train station
> in Charlottesville when they brought the train in. I guess they’ll want to
> make sure this wasn’t some kind of set-up...paranoia runs rampant these
> days.
>