train crash

A 20-year-old Hanson man died early Friday after his car was struck by a freight train. The Brockton Enterprise is reporting that a car driven by Kyle Champignie of Hanson was struck by a CSX Corporation freight train on the tracks near Oak Street in Bridgewater. ...

Amtrak now says its rail service between New York and Philadelphia will probably be suspended through Monday, while tracks and other equipment are repaired in the area where a derailment Tuesday night killed eight people. The railroad had earlier said limited service would resume Monday...

Update:  A National Transportation Safety Board official says the engineer of an Amtrak train that derailed in Philadelphia applied the emergency brakes just before the crash. National Transportation Safety Board member Robert Sumwalt said that the train was traveling at 106 mph when the engineer hit the brakes...