Dozens injured in US train crash

About 60 people have been injured, five critically, after a head-on, rush-hour collision between two commuter trains near New York City, officials say.

Some 250 people were on the trains involved in Friday evening's crash. No fatalities have been reported.

Posted by Unknown 5/18/2013

Belgium train derails and on fire with chemicals

Two people died and 14 were injured when a train carrying toxic, flammable chemicals derailed and caused a major fire near the Belgian city of Ghent.

The train was travelling from the Netherlands to Ghent's seaport when it derailed as it changed tracks between the towns of Schellebelle and Wetteren.

Six of the train's 13 cars derailed and three caught fire, setting off a series of explosions.
Posted by Unknown 5/05/2013