Seven people were injured when two freight trains collided in rural southeastern Missouri early Saturday morning, causing a highway overpass to collapse, officials said.
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Posted 25 May 2013 - 07:55 PM
Posted 25 January 2015 - 08:51 AM
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NTSB cites fatigue as a factor in Rockview train crash
The Route M overpass at Rockview, Missouri collapsed May 25, 2013, after a Union Pacific train strucka Burlington Northern Santa Fe train, derailing several rail cars and knocking down one of the bridge's
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Erratic shifts and sleep deprivation may have led to a May 25, 2013, train collision near Chaffee, Missouri, the National Transportation Safety Board has reported.
The 2:30 a.m. collision between a 60-car Union Pacific train and a 75-car Burlington Northern Santa Fe train at the Rockview Interlocking in Scott County injured seven people -- none seriously -- and forced the closure of Route M for more than three months while crews repaired an overpass that collapsed after derailed train cars crashed into it.
The National Transportation Safety Board, which investigated the accident, determined a Union Pacific conductor and engineer failed to take necessary actions to prevent the collision.
Their performance may have been compromised by fatigue as a result of working erratic schedules in the days preceding the accident.
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Posted 25 January 2015 - 09:14 AM
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