Tag: transportation
Deadly train crash in Spain caught on video.
What is being called the worst train crash in history, a commuter train in Spain was caught on video crashing into a concrete wall as it rounded a sharp corner at too high a speed. The high speed train crashed on a curve in northwestern Spain between Madrid and Ferro on Wednesday. Nearly 100 passengers…
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. Woman steals train, drives train, can’t stop – crashes train through apartment building.
A 23-year-old Swedish woman stole a commuter train from a depot outside of Stockholm on Tuesday. She then drove the train for about a mile to the end station of the railway line. Apparently knowing how to start and drive the train but not how to stop it, the train reached the end of the…
The crazy New York City bike messengers.
If you saw the movie, Premium Rush, you probably figured those crazy New York bike messengers must be tamer in real life than they were portrayed in the movie. You’d be wrong. Premium Rush (and Quicksilver, another movie with a bike messenger theme) actually offer a very close portrayal of a professional bike messenger. Bike…
