Amtrak Deadly Encounters!

Deadly train incidents in America.

Two deadly incidents in two days. See in California, they will handle the problem and remedy it. In Missouri, it may take forever. Republicans are in charge. They rather not spend millions on focusing on fixing dangerous crossings for trains. 

Mainly here's the safety of dealing with railroad crossings.

Stop when you see the flashing lights, bells or the stop light.

Do not block the tracks.

A train does not stop on a dime. It takes up to a mile or more before the train comes to complete stop.

A train always has the right of way.

Anyone who trespasses on railroad tracks could be subject to arrest, fines and death.

Trains are fun to watch, but from a safe distance.

Do not try to beat a train, you will most likely lose. A train speed could be more than 45 mph and it could be mistaken as a slow train.

Amtrak confirmed two deadly encounters in California and Missouri. The deadly train incidents involve vehicles ignoring railroad crossings. Trains that ultimately go faster than 80 mph and the impact on riders.

Authorities said the passenger train was traveling westbound when it struck a sedan crossing the tracks near Brentwood, California, about 60 miles east of San Francisco, around 1pm. The crash sent the vehicle into a parked SUV roughly 60ft away, the East Bay Times reported.

Mercedes Regaldo, 51, Maria Nieves, 72, and Julia Mondragon, 41, were killed in the incident, according to the Contra Costa county coroner. The deceased were pronounced dead at the scene and two people, including a child, were airlifted to a hospital with serious injuries, officials said. No one on the train, which was carrying nearly 90 people, was injured.

The crossing where the crash occurred did not have guard rails or a train signal, which authorities said made it “highly potentially dangerous” as trains travel at up to 80mph through the area. Steve Aubert, a fire marshal with the East Contra Costa fire protection district, said there are one to two collisions at the crossing each year. “It’s in a rural area where there are no guards or signals,” Aubert said.

Three people are dead and at least 50 injured after an Amtrak train derailed Monday in Missouri, authorities said Monday evening.

Cpl. Justin Dunn, a spokesperson for Missouri State Highway Patrol Troop B, told reporters that two of the people who were killed were aboard the train while the third was in a dump truck that the train struck.

Authorities said the tragic incident happened at an uncontrolled intersection -- without warning lights or motion gates -- where a gravel road crossed the railroad tracks southwest of town.

Amtrak said the train collided with the dump truck at a public crossing near the city of Mendon at about 12:42 p.m. CT (1:42 p.m. ET).

California governor Gavin Newsom, Missouri governor Karen Parsons, President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris were notified of these tragedies.