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It was Friday April 30 1999 - 25 years ago to this day - that racist and homophobic bomber David Copeland planted a bomb in the Admiral Duncan pub in London's Soho killing four people and injuring 70 more. Gary Fellowes survived but, remarkably, it wasn't the only time he's cheated death
A man this week appeared to joyfully wield the severed leg of a train crash victim, waving it around on the side of the road just before getting surrounded by local police
An Amazon driver from Wisconsin avoided death by just a few inches after an Amtrak train slammed into his delivery truck, splitting it in half and missing him by just a couple of inches
A year after a hazardous train derailment in Ohio, legislation meant to improve safety measures remains stuck in the Senate.
The changes railroads announced after last year's fiery crash in East Palestine, Ohio, haven’t yet made a major difference, statistics show, and reforms have stalled in Congress. Meanwhile there were some improvements with other numbers, like total derailments. The overall picture is that rail safety hasn’t significantly improved in recent years — and as the Norfolk Southern derailment in East Palestine last Feb. 3 and others demonstrate, just one derailment can be disastrous when hazardous chemicals are involved.