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Driver of DC train that hit stopped cars loved job

Jun. 23, 2009
The Metro train operator who was driving the cars that barreled into a stopped train is being remembered as an employee who was proud of her job. Metro officials said Tuesday that 42-year-old Jeanice McMillan of Springfield, Va., was killed in the crash....
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LOS ANGELES, Sept. 19 (UPI) -- Thirteen people received minor injuries when a metro train and bus collided Friday in downtown Los Angeles, police said.

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Trains collide in Italy, 2 killed

VERONA, Italy, Dec. 13 (UPI) -- A train slammed into a stopped second train in northeastern Italy Wednesday, killing two train engineers in the moving train. The collision happened between Verona and Trento around 6 a.m., and halted most regional rail traffic, as well as snarling rail t

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Metro driver abandons rush-hour train

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LA train crash injuries may reach 100

PLACENTIA, Calif., April 23 (UPI) -- Early estimates from officials at the scene of a commuter train crash in Southern California are that as many as 100 people were hurt. A stationary Metrolink train was struck near a crossing in Placentia Tuesday morning by a freight train. One passenger c
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President Obama awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom in Washington
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President Barack Obama awards the the Presidential Medal of Freedom to singer/songwriter Bob Dylan during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington on May 29, 2012. The Medal of Freedom is our NationÕs highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. UPI/Kevin Dietsch