Train wreck
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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.
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[edit] 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.[1] For a fatal train wreck, the possible sentences are either life without the possibility of parole, or death.
[edit] See also
- List of rail accidents:
- Emergency management
- Crash at Crush Texas
- Category:Railroad accident victims
- Wreck of the Tennessee Gravy Train (metaphorical)
[edit] References
- ^ "Section 219". California Penal Code. http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/cacodes/pen/217.1-219.3.html. Retrieved 2007-08-17.
