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Newsby StaffMarch 12, 2012

NTSB to meet on 2011 N.Y. motorcoach crash

The draft report presented to the five NTSB members will include the following issue areas: survival factors, driver background and human factors, highway design, vehicle factors, motor carrier oversight, and the company operating and safety history.

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Newsby StaffMarch 7, 2012

VIA Rail accident report cites concerns

Canada's TSB said there are no safety defenses to prevent trains from changing tracks at a high rate of speed and that the country is falling behind others around the world, including the U.S., in stepping up safety.

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Newsby StaffMarch 7, 2012

Deadly Poland train crash spotlights safety

A collision that killed 16 people and injured more than 50 others has drawn attention to the country’s neglected rail system. The accident happened just as officials are preparing the system to accommodate the Euro 2012 soccer championship.

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Newsby StaffMarch 6, 2012

Driving school linked to Va. bus crash loses license

Prosecutors say the school was getting commercial driver's licenses for people without the necessary skills.

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Newsby StaffMarch 5, 2012

Canadian coach accident kills 2, injures 44

The coach was headed for a local casino. Preliminary indications were that adverse weather could have been a factor

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Newsby StaffMarch 5, 2012

Driver to take plea deal in UCONN student death

The 22-year-old man was being charged with negligent homicide with a motor vehicle and failing to yield to a pedestrian in the March 22 accident in Westminster, Mass.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 29, 2012

Class action suit filed following VIA derailment

The same law firm led a class-action lawsuit against Via Rail and CN after a derailment in 1999 that killed two crew members and sent 77 passengers and crew to the hospital.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 28, 2012

SEPTA to spend $100M on positive train control

Awarded a contract to Ansaldo STS USA Inc. Agency officials said that the cost would mean canceling or delaying many other transit projects in the Philadelphia region.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 28, 2012

Coach driver acquitted in deaths of 4 passengers

Would have faced up to four years in state prison on each of four counts of criminally negligent homicide.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 27, 2012

Canadian train derailment kills 3

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada sent a team of investigators to the site of the incident. The cause of the derailment is not yet known.

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