A train collided with a car stuck on the tracks in Emeryville early Saturday morning, according to a police department press release. Shortly after 1 a.m., a woman reportedly turned onto the railroad tracks and became stuck. She exited the vehicle before an oncoming train hit it. The vehicle subsequently caught fire. Authorities stated that the railway was shut down temporarily so emergency response, fire suppression, vehicle removal and a full inspection of the tracks could take place.
Footage of the incident, which took place January 15, shows the robot sitting motionless on the tracks, seemingly making no attempt to get out of the way as the unmistakable blare of the train horn gets louder and louder. "Oh it's gonna crush it!" the onlooker taking the video can be heard saying moments before the train, operated by Brightline, flattens the unfortunate bot into the tracks. Sparks can be seen flying from beneath the train before the video cuts off.
"You will fill me with strength in times of difficulty, and I will always remember what you always told us: always happy and moving forward. Everything I do in this life will always be for the brightest star I have in the sky. As someone once told me, 'When the going gets tough, only the tough get there,' you were always a fighter, and you taught me that from the very beginning. That is the greatest act of love I can do for you: to show you that I can handle anything and that I will never give up."
On Monday, more than 18 hours after a high-speed train carrying about 300 Madrid-bound passengers derailed and collided with an oncoming train, people across the country were still scrambling to make contact with missing loved ones caught up in Spain's worst rail disaster in more than a decade. A relative reacts outside an emergency centre. Photograph: Jon Nazca/Reuters Juan Barroso said five members of his extended family had been among the nearly 200 people heading from Madrid to the southern city of Huelva by train.
Authorities have deployed mobile intensive care units to the crash site near Adamuz, where 25 people are injured. At least 10 people have been killed after two high-speed trains collided in southern Spain, authorities say. Spain's ADIF rail body said in a post on X that a train travelling on Sunday from coastal Malaga to the capital, Madrid, derailed near Adamuz, crossing onto the other track.
Two trains have collided on the rail line serving Peru's famed archaeological site of Machu Picchu, killing at least one person and injuring dozens. Rail agency Ferrocarril Transandino said a train operated by PeruRail collided with another locomotive belonging to Inca Rail around lunchtime on the single track that links the town of Ollantaytambo with Machu Picchu.
