train accident

Mother charged with 8-year-old daughter’s death after instructing her to crawl under a train

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FRESNO, CA – Joy Frances Collins, a California mother, has been sentenced to six years in prison following the tragic death of her eight-year-old daughter, Joyanna Harris, in December 2018. Collins was found guilty of child abuse and endangerment after she instructed her children to crawl under an idling cargo train to make it in time for a bus on the other side of the tracks. Unfortunately, when the train began to move, young Joyanna …

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Toddler killed by oncoming train

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SOUTH NEWTON TOWNSHIP, PA – A small community in Cumberland County is reeling after a 15-month-old child was fatally hit by a train on Friday morning. The incident occurred around 10 a.m. on the 400 block of West Main Street in South Newton Township. State Police report that the toddler was struck by a Norfolk Southern train. Several homes, including Matt Peters’, are situated close by the rail tracks along the busy road, separated by …

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Two children, ages 9 and 12, fatally struck by oncoming train

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In a heartbreaking incident, two children, Jahaad Atkinson, 9, and Ahyir Womack, 12, lost their lives to a train in Chester, Pennsylvania. They were hit by an oncoming train around 4:30 p.m. on Saturday. The southbound train, heading to Washington D.C., came to a halt several blocks later at Highland Avenue. A local resident, Tracey, recounted seeing a group of children on the train tracks shortly before the accident. She tried to persuade them to …

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