display: none; Thomas, 26, of Richmond, died the day after the crash, for which another driver has been charged with DUI. Thomas F. Tarchak, 39, of Simpson, PA, had been with three other workers inspecting a steel railroad bridge over State Route 235 in Harpursville, NY, for Canadian Pacific Railway, officials said. The truck driver had just filled his tanker with propane at the Conoco-Phillips LP underground storage facility south of Medford before the accident. June 13, 2018 Chicago IL A company contractor, working at a CSX intermodal facility, was injured and subsequently died in an accident. that they've thought about what happens to the person viewing that photo.". 2020 News report about release of NTSB report. 1850s Funks Grove, IL About 50 Irish railroad workers were buried in two mass graves in a Funks Grove cemetery after a cholera outbreak. Their train, #243, was traveling from Flat Rock, Mich., to Flint, Mich., when it collided head-on with train #533, in a siding near Springfield Township. The locomotive and all 10 cars derailed, but they remained upright. Crash Between Tractor-Trailers Closes Lanes In Fort McHenry Tunnel, One All Rights Reserved. The trains were operated by Union Railroad, part of Transtar Inc., a transportation subsidiary of U.S. Steel. 2020 News Report - widow files wrongful death suit. The knuckles of some railcars werent lining up and Darina struggled to fix the problem with a crowbar. Trending News Glen A. He was 37 years old and had been employed since May 1992. Co., and distributed by Edison Mfg. [Note: This accident was the focus for the 2012 RWU "Black Shirt Friday" action.]. June 9, 2008 - Winslow, Ariz., June 9, 2008, BLET member suffers serious heart attack on duty BLET member John T. Wright II, a member of BLET Division 383 in Winslow, Ariz., died after suffering a serious heart attack while completing a setout of a locomotive in Winslow, Ariz. Please join me in expressing our condolences to his wife Beth and their two children, as well as his family, friends and colleagues. It's not clear how the crew became trapped. The railroad was investigating the accident but not releasing any details about cause. Make it to our sister organization, the Railroad Workers Education and Legal Defense Foundation (RWF). Many of Valles' family members found out about her death due to the photos. [Note; The truck driver was later identified as Brother William Fidler of Petersburg, VA.], November 28, 2012 - Fort St. John, British Columbia, Canada - One man has died in a train derailment at a remote worksite in northeastern B.C. The news that Miranda Valles and Matthew Summers had been killed in a motorcycle crash spread so fast that Dawn Valles started receiving condolence texts even before police could tell her that her daughter was dead. The engineer, trainman and a passenger were killed when a 5 ton coil of steel entered the lead car. September 12, 1978 - Amtrak foreman, Denis Callahan and crane operator, Peter Wells, killed when struck by train. "Nobody should ever have to find out that way," Valles said. If this was your family, you wouldn't want people filming it. Hayes was a member of SMART Transportation Division 656 at North Little Rock, Ark and Gober was a member of BLET Division 182 in North Little Rock, Ark. He was killed Monday as he worked to repair damage to warning lights from an accident earlier in the day at the same location. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Dawn Valles speaks about the impact the photo has had on her family on September 15, 2016. The FRA and NTSB are investigating. Paramedics pronounced him dead at the scene. The 54-year-old was pronounced dead at the Acca Yard after being struck by a train. Member of Division 622. In September 2016, Dereck Harrison plead guilty to five felony counts of aggravated kidnapping in an unrelated Utah case and in October was sentenced to serve between 30 years to life in prison. But since then, family members began to question that claim, saying the story didnt jibe with what they knew of the veteran employee of the BNSF Railway. I had brought up this exact scenario and suggested a maintenance procedure that would eliminate the possibility of this type injury. If you know of anyone that we missed on this list, please email the webmaster with the information. It's nice to know that people are rasing awareness with my grandfathers story. At least five dead after crash sparks massive fire in Seoul The driver of the shuttle van was also killed. "Wherever you see Reefer, Rocco was not far behind and wherever you see Rocco, Reefer was not far behind.". Darina was following the inadequate instructions she had been given, it concluded. He was last seen by co-workers at about 5 that night as he left the field to return to the shop. Signal maintainer Louis Moore was on a walkway inside the tunnel called a bench wall when he tumbled onto the tracks as the Jamaica-bound E train was approaching Astorias 46th St. station, transit sources said. Shoemaker is the first UTU member to be killed in a rail accident in 2012. Employees at Herzog, which is headquartered in St. Joseph and does construction and railroad business across the country, declined to comment on the accident. Marathon, TX - 7/25/94 "Head-on-Collision between two Southern Pacific Trains". Marks, 40 yrs. It took emergency responders almost two hours to extract him from the rigging while he remained conscious but died enroute to the hospital. 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