Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. WELSH, La. (AP) — State police say a Jefferson Davis Parish Police Jury employee received minor injuries when an Amtrak train ...

Much of the severe storms for Tuesday have subsided, but many areas could still see rain. by Associated Press CHESTER, Pa. (AP) An Amtrak train struck a piece of construction equipment just south of ...

A backhoe that caused a fatal Amtrak train crash over the weekend reportedly did not have authorization to be on an active train track. Two maintenance workers who were on the backhoe died after the ...

A passenger train on Sunday morning struck a piece of construction equipment (backhoe) on the rail tracks near Philadelphia, in the eastern US, killing two people and causing the lead engine to derail ...

A backhoe operator had a right to be on train tracks periodically on the weekend an Amtrak train slammed into it, killing the operator and a supervisor, federal crash investigators said Monday. The ...

CHESTER, Pa.-- An Amtrak passenger train was going 106 miles per hour in a 110 mph zone when it struck a backhoe sitting on the same track, killing the backhoe operator and a track supervisor, federal ...

Train 89 was heading from New York to Savannah, Georgia, at about 8 a.m. when it hit a backhoe that was on the track in Chester, about 15 miles outside of Philadelphia, officials said. The impact ...

CHESTER, Pa. (AP) — An Amtrak train struck a piece of construction equipment just south of Philadelphia on Sunday causing a derailment, killing two Amtrak workers and sending more than 30 passengers ...