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DSY011 25th May 2013 21:50

Bridge collapses after US rail crash
 
Two goods trains collide in the US state of Missouri, bringing down a road bridge and leaving seven people injured.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world/us_and_canada/

Two cars were on the bridge when it collapsed. Five passengers inside the cars were hurt and taken to hospital

27vet 28th May 2013 19:11

Glad no one was killed, and wishing the injured a speedy recovery. Its still mind boggling though, with all our modern technology, that these sort of accidents occur :(

wyvern 29th May 2013 10:06

American railways are having a torrid time of it lately.

With this one yesterday http://news.sky.com/story/1096696/baltimore-train-explodes-after-derailing it makes four serious incidents in as many weeks.


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