Current Events Blog for Mrs. Countryman's AP United States History class at Booker T Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts in Dallas, Texas.
Friday, April 26, 2013
1 killed, 10 hurt when train strikes rural Pennsylvania transit bus stopped on tracks by: CARLOS WALCOTT A.K.A. C-LOS IN DA HOUSE
A freight train struck a rural transit bus carrying senior citizens and people with developmental disabilities on Friday morning. An elderly woman was killed, and nine other passengers, including the driver, were injured. At least one other injury was serious. It appeared the small bus, carrying passengers ranging in age from mid-20s to 92, entered the crossing and stopped on the tracks, said Evans City police chief, Joseph McCombs. The engineer sounded a horn and tried to stop the train, but couldn’t. The bus came to rest about 20 feet away but did not overturn.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/at-least-10-reportedly-hurt-when-transit-bus-train-collide-in-western-pa/2013/04/26/0fffbf5c-ae79-11e2-b240-9ef3a72c67cc_story.html
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