Train wreck
A train wreck is a type of disaster involving one or more trains. Train wrecks often occur as a result of miscommunication, as when a moving train meets another train on the same track; or an accident, such as when a train wheel jumps off a track in a derailment; or when a boiler explosion occurs. Train wrecks have often been widely covered in popular media and in folklore.
Legal consequences
Because train wrecks usually cause widespread property damage as well as injury or death, the intentional wrecking of a train in regular service is often treated as an extremely serious crime. For example, in the U.S. state of California, the penalty for intentionally causing a non-fatal train wreck is life imprisonment with the possibility of parole. For a fatal train wreck, the possible sentences are either life without the possibility of parole, or death.See also
- List of rail accidents:
- Rail accidents pre-1950
- Rail accidents 1950–1999
- Rail accidents 2000–present
- List of accidents and disasters by death toll#Train accidents
- Classification of railway accidents
- Signal passed at danger
- Tram accident
- Derailment
- Boiler explosion
- Bridge disaster
- Emergency management
- Crash at Crush Texas
- Wreck of the Tennessee Gravy Train (metaphorical)