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Sulfuric acid spills from rail car in SLC

Last updated Friday, May 4, 2012 - 4:51pm

SALT LAKE CITY -- A cleanup crew has been called to mop up a sulfuric acid spill at a Salt Lake City chemical distributor.

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Zito gets rare chance to play with rock band Train

Janie McCauley The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, April 16, 2012 - 2:56pm

SAN FRANCISCO -- Barry Zito and Matt Cain accepted the mic from Train lead singer Patrick Monahan and belted out Journey's "Don't Stop Believin"' as a couple of thousand fans cheered and sang right along.

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Rabita Sarkar and her husband Aditya Saurabh pose with their newborn baby boy at St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital in New York Monday, Jan. 16, 2012. Sarkar, of Harrison, N.J., gave birth to the boy on a PATH commuter train to New York Monday. The couple declined to reveal the name of their son. (AP Photo/Louis Lanzano)

NJ mom gives birth to child on train to NYC

Deepti Hajela The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, January 17, 2012 - 10:25am

NEW YORK -- A New Jersey woman got the morning commute of her life when she gave birth to her first child on a PATH commuter train to New York.

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Man struck, killed by train in Millcreek

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, November 4, 2011 - 9:32am

MILLCREEK -- A man has died after being hit by a train on a Union Pacific rail line in Millcreek.

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Railroad crossing safety promoted

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, October 28, 2011 - 9:40am

OREM -- Union Pacific Railroad and Utah police departments have teamed up to promote safety at railroad crossings.

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Puppy on top of train rescued

Susan M. Schafer The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, October 25, 2011 - 2:21pm

COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Four firefighters in a South Carolina town plucked a frightened black lab puppy from the top of a double-decker freight train car and delivered her to a new, loving home.

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2 teen girls die after being hit by train in Utah

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, October 17, 2011 - 8:25am

SPANISH FORK -- Two 15-year-old girls died and a 13-year-old girl was critically injured after they were struck by a freight train in Utah.

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Mother pushes daughter out of train's path but can't save herself

Abby Sewell Los Angeles Times

Last updated Monday, October 10, 2011 - 7:24am

LOS ANGELES -- A Riverside, Calif., woman died Saturday evening when she struggled to push a baby stroller over a gated railroad crossing and was struck by a passing train. The woman's 2-year-old daughter missed being hit and survived.

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Suicide or accident? Man killed by train shortly after argument

Mitch Shaw Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, September 29, 2011 - 11:48pm

SUNSET -- Police have identified the man who was killed when struck by a FrontRunner train late Wendesday night.

Robbie Natthan Lucero, 22, was killed on the train tracks about 400 to 500 yards north of the 2300 North crossing. The area is unlit and not a designated pedestrian crossing.

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Police identify man killed by train

Mitch Shaw Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, September 29, 2011 - 1:09pm

SUNSET — Police have identified the man who was killed after being struck by a FrontRunner train late Wednesday night.

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Utah teen who lost legs in train accident awake, joking

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, September 9, 2011 - 5:49pm

DENVER -- The family of a 17-year-old girl whose legs were severed when she tried to hop a moving freight train says she is awake at a hospital and understands the extent of her injuries.

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