Runaway train speeds 43 miles down tracks in India without a driver
India's national rail operator has launched an investigation after engineers apparently left a loaded freight train at a station without the brakes on.
India's national rail operator has launched an investigation after engineers apparently left a loaded freight train at a station without the brakes on.
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India's top criminal investigation agency is likely to probe the disaster in Odisha, which was one of the deadliest rail crashes in the country's history.
Nearly 300 people were killed after a train collision Friday night in India -- one of the country's deadliest rail crashes in decades. CBS News senior foreign correspondent Holly Williams has the latest on the investigation.
Footage from the accident site showed bodies lined up on tracks and the injured being shifted to hospitals while rescuers desperately looked through the overturned and jumbled metal train compartments.
At least 280 people have died and more than 900 others have been injured in a train collision in India, one of the worst rail disasters in recent history. Frantic search efforts remain underway. Ramy Inocencio reports.
Officials said at least 120 people were killed, and another 850 injured, when several trains collided in eastern India on Friday.
None of the hazardous materials aboard the train caught fire, railroad officials said.
Officials said they were "full of questions" as the maintenance crane was on a track not meant to be in use.
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The 59-year-old stationmaster allegedly directed the two trains traveling in opposite directions onto the same track.
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A government spokesman says he believes a station master "confessed" to a mistake that may have led to the tragedy that has claimed almost 60 lives.
The death toll from a head-on collision between a passenger train and cargo train in Greece on Tuesday night has risen to 46. Protests erupted across Greece overnight as the station manager on duty at the time of the crash has been arrested and the country's transport minister resigned. BBC News correspondent Nick Beake joined Anne-Mare Green on "CBS News Mornings" with the latest on the investigation.
Greece's transport minister has resigned in the wake of a deadly train crash which killed at least 36 people. CBS News foreign correspondent Ramy Inocencio discussed the investigation into what caused the crash, and the political fallout surrounding it.
A passenger train collided with a cargo train head-on overnight near the city of Larissa in northern Greece. At least 36 are confirmed dead and dozens of people were injured. CBS News senior foreign correspondent Holly Williams joined Anne-Marie Green on "CBS News Mornings" with the latest on the deadly crash.
The manager of a train station was reportedly arrested in connection with the crash after the freight and passenger trains collided head-on at high speed.
The NTSB report said the wheel bearing and affected wheelset have been collected as evidence and will be a focus of further investigation.
Fallout from the Feb. 3 train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, continues, as EPA administrator Michael Regan touches down for a visit to the area. While the train company has provided funds for victim relief, they opted not to attend a February 15 town hall citing a "growing physical threat" to their employees. CBS News correspondent Roxana Saberi reports.
A timeline of events surrounding the Feb. 3 train derailment near East Palestine, Ohio, which forced hundreds of residents to evacuate their homes for several days.
That video and a second one are raising questions about when the crew knew there was a problem.
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The captain's behavior required an alternate crew be flown in from Japan, the airline said.
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The captain's behavior required an alternate crew be flown in from Japan, the airline said.
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