Boone County’s Office of Emergency Management and other mid-Missouri law enforcement agencies are alerting motorists that they will see a high volume of first responders near Highways 63 and 54 in northern Jefferson City this afternoon. It’s all part of a hazardous material training exercise, and will take place from …
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Deadly train collision in northern Missouri last summer prompts funding call from Missouri’s governor
An Amtrak train with eight railcars and two locomotives derailed in northern Missouri’s Mendon on June 27, 2022 (aerial file photo courtesy of the NTSB website) Missouri’s governor says the state must be proactive to prevent another tragedy like June’s deadly train collision in northern Missouri’s Mendon. The June 2022 collision …
Read More »Another fatal Mid – Missouri accident with a train
A teenage girl from St. James dies in a crash with a freight train. Troopers say 18 – year old Cadey Rogers didn’t yield to the Burlington Northern train at a crossing in Phelps County.
Read More »One dead in Sturgeon train crash
A BNSF freight train hits a vehicle, killing the driver. The accident happened Saturday near Sturgeon. The vehicle’s driver was killed but no one else was injured. The tracks were closed for hours while investigators were on scene.
Read More »UPDATE: Motorist killed in weekend train collision identified as Centralia resident
Boone County Sheriff’s deputies are still investigating a deadly weekend collision between a vehicle and a Norfolk Southern train near Sturgeon, about 22 miles north of Columbia. Saturday night’s crash happened at about 11, killing the motorist. Boone County Sheriff’s Captain Brian Leer tells 939 the Eagle that the victim …
Read More »UPDATE: Monroe County train derailment closes road in mid-Missouri’s Paris; no injuries
Sheriff’s deputies are investigating a trail derailment in mid-Missouri’s Paris, which is about 60 miles northeast of Columbia. Five to six train cars have derailed. A Monroe County Sheriff’s dispatcher tells 939 the Eagle that there are no injuries. The dispatcher says a train struck an unoccupied semi in downtown …
Read More »Cole County not immune to fatal train wrecks
Cole County isn’t immune from deadly accidents involving cars that were hit by trains. Public Works Director Eric Landwehr remembers one that happened near Elston … Mo – Dot has the primary responsibility for installing crossing gates and lights and maintaining those crossings. Landwehr say traffic numbers usually dictate if a crossing …
Read More »Derailed train was going nearly 90 MPH at time of crash
(AP) — An Amtrak passenger train was going about 87 mph (140 kph) when it collided with a dump truck at a rural Missouri railway crossing, killing four people The speed limit is 90 mph at the crossing where the collision occurred. The Southwest Chief was traveling about 89 mph when it …
Read More »Train crossing where wreck happened needed signs and guards
(AP) — The chief elected official in Chariton county where an Amtrak train slammed into a dump truck said Tuesday that residents and county leaders have been pushing for a safety upgrade at the railroad crossing for nearly three years. Meanwhile, the toll from the accident rose to four deaths …
Read More »Cole EMS treats patients at train wreck
Cole County ambulance crews assist with the train derailment. SEMA officials asked Cole County EMS and several other agencies to respond to the Monday derailment. Cole County sent two ambulances, 6 EMT’s and paramedics along with the department’s chief and a doctor to the scene. They treated patients at Mendon …
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