60 injured, five critically, as trains collide in Connecticut

[Aphtonites]

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[QUOTE]Sixty people were injured, five of them critically, and rail traffic from New York to Boston was shut down after a Metro-North commuter train derailed and plowed into a second train Friday in Fairfield, Conn., Gov. Dan Malloy said.
An eastbound train derailed at 6:10 p.m. ET and struck a westbound train between the Fairfield and Bridgeport stations, a Metropolitan Transportation Authority official told NBC News.
60 people were injured after two commuter trains collided in Connecticut Friday at the peak of the evening commute. Authorities say the initial investigation shows the eastbound train derailed, colliding with a westbound train. NBC's Michelle Franzen reports.

"We have no reason to think it was anything other than an accident, but that has to be explored," Malloy said.

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[Nutcake]

How does that even happen? Don't they have computer systems that double check if a track is already in use in the other direction?

At least no one died.

[Saber15]

[QUOTE=nutcake;40688304]How does that even happen? Don't they have computer systems that double check if a track is already in use in the other direction?

At least no one died.[/QUOTE]

First sentence says it derailed.

[elitehakor v2]

[QUOTE=nutcake;40688304]How does that even happen? Don't they have computer systems that double check if a track is already in use in the other direction?

At least no one died.[/QUOTE]

The other train derailed

[maurits]

[QUOTE=nutcake;40688304]How does that even happen? Don't they have computer systems that double check if a track is already in use in the other direction?

At least no one died.[/QUOTE]

[i]Authorities say the initial investigation shows the eastbound train derailed[/i]

[Pierrewithahat]

Really fucking lucky that no ones died, seems every time that a train derails a lot of people typically die.

[Invadernouga]

[QUOTE=Pierrewithahat;40688457]Really fucking lucky that no ones died, seems every time that a train derails a lot of people typically die.[/QUOTE]

Take it with a grain of salt, the phrase "critically injured" usually does not bode well.

[Saber15]

[QUOTE=Pierrewithahat;40688457]Really fucking lucky that no ones died, seems every time that a train derails a lot of people typically die.[/QUOTE]

Most of the derails I've heard of are in developing countries where people are packed into trains like sardines, which is probably why there's always so many deaths.

[PopSkimo]

[QUOTE=nutcake;40688304]How does that even happen? Don't they have computer systems that double check if a track is already in use in the other direction?

At least no one died.[/QUOTE]As others have said, it was derailed but even if they had computer systems, it doesn't matter, computers can malfunction and make mistakes.

[NoDachi]

A fun fact:

The US train system suffers one of the highest passenger mortality rates in the world.

[Negrul1]

[QUOTE=Pierrewithahat;40688457]Really fucking lucky that no ones died, seems every time that a train derails a lot of people typically die.[/QUOTE]

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[url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grayrigg_derailment]109 passengers (including crew), one death[/url]