At Least a Dozen Killed in Train Collision in Southern Italy

On Tuesday, two commuter trains collided head-on in an olive grove in Italy’s southern region of Puglia, killing a dozen people and injuring dozens more, firefighters said.

On Tuesday, two commuter trains collided head-on in an olive grove in Italy’s southern region of Puglia, killing a dozen people and injuring dozens more, firefighters said.

Depending on your source, the engineer of the Metro-North train that crashed Sunday, killing four and injuring more than 60, was either "zoned out" or dozing just seconds before the derailment. The engineer, William Rockefeller, reportedly woke up as the train—then traveling 82 mph—entered a 30-mph bend in the Bronx.
The Metro-North train that crashed Sunday morning was traveling 82 mph—in a 30 mph zone—when it derailed. "When I heard about the speed, I gulped. It sort of takes your breath away," Sen. Chuck Schumer said at a press conference this afternoon.
Authorities have begun their investigation into Sunday's Metro-North train crash that left four people dead and at least 60 injured. In what one firefighter described to the New York Post as a "bloodbath," three of the victims' bodies were ejected from the train, which was traveling at excessive speeds as it rounded a…
At least eight people are reported dead after a train crashed at Bretigny-sur-Orge, just south of Paris. The train was heading out of the city towards Limoges when it derailed and crashed into the station platform.