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• College Dr. closure part of a Friday traffic fiasco in Baton Rouge

  June 29, 2018 4:15 PM

  BATON ROUGE – As if traffic could get any worse Friday, College Drive closed and drivers were warned it could remain closed for a while after a bizarre train crash. Video and pictures shared with WBRZ show a pickup with a trailer jackknifed against the train and another vehicle.... more »

• Two dead, over 100 hurt in Sunday morning train crash

  February 4, 2018 10:42 AM

  CAYCE, S.C. - The Latest on a deadly Amtrak train crash in South Carolina: 1:45 p.m. So many passengers were injured in a South Carolina that an emergency room doctor says they were brought in on two buses. Palmetto Health emergency room doctor Eric... more »

• Amtrak train going more than twice speed limit when it derailed in Washington state

  December 19, 2017 9:05 AM

  Investigators are zeroing in on speed as a cause of Monday morning's train derailment that killed three passengers in Washington state, ABC News reports. The National Transportation Safety Board said the Amtrak train was traveling 80 mph in a 30 mph zone, according to the black box recovered from... more »

• Witness: 'Body pieces were thrown everywhere' in Biloxi charter bus crash

  March 7, 2017 4:19 PM

  BILOXI - A witness says the conductor of a freight train was slowing down and trying to stop before colliding with a charter bus, but still slammed into it. Four people were killed and more than three dozen injured in the Tuesday afternoon collision in Biloxi, Mississippi. Biloxi native Mark... more »

• Three hurt after train crashes into 18-wheeler on Highway 1

  February 6, 2017 1:29 PM

  PLAQUEMINE- A train hit an 18-wheeler truck on Highway 1 at Industrial Boulevard around noon Monday. According to a witness, the train pushed the truck a quarter mile down the track before coming to a stop. Three were taken from the scene by EMS with moderate injuries. No... more »

• Police identify two 23-year-olds killed after driver attempts to drive around RxR arms

  December 13, 2016 3:43 PM

  NATALBANY – Louisiana State Police have identified two 23-year-old men as the victims who died in a collision with a train north of Hammond Tuesday. State Police said the crash claimed the lives of Colton Williams, 23, and Justin Lang, 23. Both were residents of Tickfaw. The wreck... more »

• Train, vehicle collision in Satsuma area

  October 5, 2016 4:19 PM

  SATSUMA - Authorities responded to a vehicle-train collision Wednesday afternoon in Livingston Parish. The town of Livingston Fire Department responded to the crash at the crossing on Cane Market Road where Cane Market meets Florida Boulevard. Authorities advised drivers in the area to be cautious as emergency crews work... more »

• ATV rider killed after crash with train in Plaquemine

  May 20, 2016 5:07 PM

  PLAQUEMINE - Sheriff’s deputies in Iberville Parish confirm a 24-year-old man died at the scene of a crash involving an ATV and a train Friday morning in Plaquemine. Police have yet to identify the victim of the wreck who was pronounced dead at the scene by the parish coroner.... more »

• Woman taken to the hospital following train wreck Play Video

  March 22, 2016 5:55 PM

  BATON ROUGE - A train crash stopped traffic near the intersection of Essen and Perkins during the evening rush Tuesday. Traffic near OLOL is even more of a mess than usual. Ambulance appears to be taking a different route. pic.twitter.com/omReW8pN2o — Brittany Weiss WBRZ (@MsBWeiss) March 22, 2016... more »

• Train hits, kills Slidell teen walking to school

  January 20, 2016 5:31 PM

  SLIDELL - Slidell Police are concluding their investigation into a train incident that took the life of a teenager from Slidell on Wednesday morning, calling the event a “tragic accident.” 16-year-old James Pulsifer, of Slidell, was pronounced dead at the scene by the St. Tammany Parish Coroner’s Office. ... more »

• Boy dies at BR hospital after Lafayette-area train crash

  December 25, 2015 9:08 PM

  BATON ROUGE - A 12-year-old boy died Christmas Day following a train crash earlier in the week. Chase Day died at the hospital. He was transferred to Baton Rouge from the Lafayette area after the vehicle he was riding in was hit by a train. Day was the fourth... more »

• Driver in critical condition after truck hit by train Play Video

  December 14, 2015 9:41 AM

  GONZALES - Officials say a man is hospitalized after his truck was hit by a train in Gonzales Monday morning. The crash involving a train and a truck happened at the railroad crossing on N. Felix Avenue just before 7 a.m. The truck was hit at the crossing, which... more »

• Train crash in Iberville Parish kills man from North LA

  October 11, 2015 9:48 PM

  IBERVILLE PARISH- A 61-year old man was killed this evening, after a train smashed into his car. It happened on LA 1, near the Rocky Canal. Iberville Parish Sheriff Brett Stassi told WBRZ, that's between White Castle and Donaldsonville and is on the Iberville and Ascension Parish Lines. ... more »

• Train clips car in Port Allen Thursday night

  October 1, 2015 10:22 PM

  PORT ALLEN - A driver and her young passengers were in a car hit by a train here Thursday night. The crash happened at the crossing on Avenue A. Witnesses said the train clipped the rear of the vehicle. Multiple law enforcement agencies and first responders were... more »