1999 Bourbonnais, Illinois, train crash
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1999 Bourbonnais, Illinois, train crash
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On March 15, 1999, Amtrak's southbound City of New Orleans passenger train collided with a semi-trailer truck in the village of Bourbonnais, Illinois, United States. Most of the train derailed, killing eleven people. A National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigation into the accident attributed the cause to the truck driver trying to beat the train across a grade crossing. The NTSB's recommendations from the accident included increased enforcement of grade crossing signals, the install
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2005-01-27T15:54:37Z
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2024-09-10T22:34:22Z
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