Tag: train crash

DFA: No Filipinos killed in train crash in Turkey

(Eagle News)–No Filipinos were killed in a recent train crash in Turkey, the Department of Foreign Affairs said. In a statement, the DFA also expressed its condolences to the families of the seven killed in the incident in Ankara on Thursday, Dec. 13. More than 40–or 46–were injured in the train crash. In a televised address, Ankara Governor Vasip Sahin said  that the train was on its way to Turkey’s central province of Konya when the […]

Taiwan investigates train crash that killed 18

by Amber WANG / Sean CHANG Agence France-Presse YILAN, Taiwan (AFP) — Taiwan’s president pushed for a swift investigation Monday after an express train derailed on a coastal tourist route, killing 18 people as it sent sleeping passengers flying from their seats. The crash on the popular east coast line injured another 187 people Sunday and left the Puyuma Express lying zig-zagged across the tracks in the island’s worst rail accident for a quarter century. […]

Seven dead as commuter train hits car near NYC

BY ADREES LATIF AND JONATHAN ALLEN MOUNT PLEASANT, N.Y. Tue Feb 3, 2015 11:57pm EST A car sits crushed into the front of a Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) Metro North Railroad commuter train near the town of Valhalla, New York, February 3, 2015. CREDIT: REUTERS/MIKE SEGAR (Reuters) – A crowded New York commuter train struck a car near suburban White Plains during Tuesday evening’s rush hour, sparking an explosion and a fire that killed seven […]