LONDON (AP) — A passenger train hit a landslide before derailing in Scotland earlier this week, killing three people, U.K. rail investigators confirmed Friday.
NEW DELHI (AP) — A passenger train derailed Tuesday in western India, the third rail accident in the country in 10 days.
Rescuers were working to pull out people who were trapped in the toppled train engine and seven coaches lying on their sides. No casualties or injuries were reported, railway spokesman A.K. Jain said.
The train had 18 coaches and was headed from the central Indian city of Nagpur to Mumbai, capital of Maharashtra state.
ALEXANDRIA, Egypt (AP) — Two passenger trains collided on Friday just outside Egypt's Mediterranean port city of Alexandria, killing 43 people, according to authorities, the country's deadliest rail accident in more than a decade.
Magdy Hegazy, a top health official in Alexandria, said that along with the 43 killed, the crash also injured 122 people.
LONDON (AP) — Investigators have determined that a London tram that crashed last week, killing seven people, was traveling at nearly four times the speed limit when it derailed.
An interim report by the Rail Accident Investigation Branch said Wednesday the tram was traveling roughly 44 miles per hour while trying to negotiate a sharp bend with a 12 mph speed limit.
The tram derailed and turned over in Croydon in south London, leaving seven dead and about 50 injured.