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[KevinKorell]

Daily News, New York, NY, 5/18/24:

 

 

   3 killed after Amtrak train hits vehicle in Western NY    

 

 

Three people were killed after a northbound Amtrak train struck a vehicle in Western New York Friday night, according to multiple reports.

 

This is the story.

[KevinKorell]

Spectrum News, 5/18/24:
 

 

   3 dead after vehicle-train collision in North Tonawanda        

 

 

Three people in a vehicle were killed after a collision with an Amtrak train Friday night in North Tonawanda.

 

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[KevinKorell]

Amtrak alert on X:

 

 

 

_ 05/17/24 8:44pm EDT
_ Vehicle Incident: As of 8:39 PM ET Empire Service Train
_ 281 is currently stopped west of Buffalo–Exchange (BFX)
_ due to an unauthorized vehicle on the tracks coming in contact
_ with the equipment. A delay of up to 2 hours is estimated.
_ Updates to follow as more information becomes available.

 

[CNJRoss]

Niagara Gazette, Niagara Falls, NY 6/29/24

 

Fatal North Tonawanda train accident probe ‘ongoing’

 

NORTH TONAWANDA — The investigation into the cause of a triple fatal truck and train crash in North Tonawanda was described Friday as “an ongoing process.”

 

But North Tonawanda police declined to comment on the investigation, reportedly on the advice of city lawyers, because of pending litigation surrounding the accident.

 

The Gazette has learned that federal safety investigators with the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) are also actively looking into the crash that saw an Amtrak passenger train slam into a Dodge pickup truck, claiming the lives of David McMinn, 69, and Olive Geldart, 66, of North Tonawanda, and Ra’Mari Geldart, 6, of Buffalo, on the evening of May 17.

 

 

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