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Justin Helton (23) died after he tried to slap a train as it traveled past
A Summerville man celebrating his 23rd birthday died early Thursday after he apparently tried to "slap the train" as it traveled past a local bar. read more...

Jose Gomez (29) jumped in front of a subway train to help his friend get her jacket and was killed
Jose Gomez, 29, was struck and killed by a northbound "N" subway train. It happened at the 36th Avenue Station in Astoria just after 10:30 p.m. Gomez was on the platform when his friend dropped her coat. read more...

Ashley Serola (24) was hit and killed by a Metra train
The Cook County Medical Examiner has released the identity of a pedestrian victim who was hit by an outbound Metra Train #661 at about 10:25 p.m. Friday at the downtown Arlington Heights Metra Station, 45 West Northwest Highway. read more...

Anthony Origel (18) was killed when his vehicle was struck by a train
An 18-year-old Portage man was killed when his vehicle was struck by a train at 12:10 a.m. Tuesday at Ind. 149 and the CSX railroad tracks, Porter County authorities said. read more...

Jason Nigaglioni (19) was killed when he was hit by a train
The 19-year-old man died at the scene. On Sunday, officials identified the victim as Jason Nigaglioni. read more...

Jonathan Shively (33) died when his AH-64 Apache helicopter rolled over while taxiing in from training
The pilot killed Sunday in a helicopter crash at McEntire Joint National Guard Base was also a computer programmer, working on his master's degree and planning his wedding. read more...

Adam Amundson (21) and Donald Callison (18) were killed by a TRAX train on a crossing when Adam ignored warning signs and tried to beat the train
"It was definitely a direct hit. It literally encompassed the entire front of the train. It took the car along with the passengers 300 feet down the tracks," Hutson said. "It wasn't a glancing blow. Those two ... on the left side of the vehicle took the force of a 55-60 mph train with only a door between them and that impact." read more...

Aussie rugby star Dan Robinson (21) was electrocuted after falling onto train tracks
An exciting prospect of Australian rugby has been tragically killed whilst on holiday in London, two days after arriving in the country for his first visit. Dan Robinson 21, was three and a half times over the limit when he was electrocuted when he fell onto live train tracks and then hit by a train. read more...

Tyler Bies (19) was struck by a train as he was walking home
My son died Dec. 16, 2009. He was hit by a train while walking home ( he was almost home). I live right by the tracks where he was hit and hear the train blow their whistle every single day, many times a day, so I am reminded of December 16th all the time. I can't get away from it. read more...

Tara Druyor (21) died when the car she was riding in slammed into a moving train
A man and woman with Monroe ties were killed when their car slammed into a moving train in Taylor this weekend. read more...

Michael McHale (16) allegedly committed suicide by jumping in front of a moving Long Island Railroad train
After a 16-year-old boy was killed by a Long Island Rail Road train this week in an apparent suicide, within hours two Facebook groups had more than 600 members commemorating him, and countless status updates about the incident. read more...

Davey Michels (21) was killed when he was hit by a freight train
Davey Michels died at the scene of the 6:16 p.m. collision Wednesday along the railroad tracks near Riverside Avenue, about 200 feet south of Jurupa Avenue. read more...

Sydney Coleman (24) was killed when she was struck by a train
Sydney Meryl Coleman was walking with her head down and did not look up before stepping front of the path of the train at Southwest Baseline Road, Beaverton Police spokesperson Det. Pam Yazzolino said. read more...

Gina Gentile (16) and Vanessa Dorwart (15) committed suicide by jumping in front of a train and it is thought they made a suicide pact with other teens
Gina Gentile and Vanessa Dorwart may have been part of a suicide pact with a group of teenagers, police told family members -- and that Gentile and Dorwart may have kept that pact Thursday morning. read more...

Nancy Groves (24) and Adam Romesburg (30) died when a freight train struck the Dodge Neon they were riding in
Nancy Groves was a graduate of Trenton High School in Trenton, Missouri. The former Bulldog Alumni graduated with her class in 2004. read more...

Wraya Hadley (14) was one of three teen girls killed by a train while walking on a bridge
Police are putting an end to rumors on how three teens were killed while walking over a train trestle. read more...

Anna Stickel (14) was struck and killed by an Amtrak train while crossing the tracks to take a shortcut
A Baltimore County community is in mourning, shaken by the sudden death of a 14-year-old girl. She was walking to school Tuesday along a set of railroad tracks when she was hit and killed by a train. read more...

Ines Fazlic (25) was struck by a freight train while attempting to cross train tracks
Friends of Ines Fazlic, the woman killed by a train near Elkton Road Monday morning, remembered her fondly as a loyal friend who was always happy and could never hold a grudge. read more...

Zachary Nydahl (26) and William Marquardt (24) were killed when the U-Haul truck they were riding in was struck by a train
State Police are investigating a truck/train accident which resulted in the death of three Dunkirk residents. read more...

Kolby Dickens (23) was struck by a train after he walked onto the tracks
Kolby Dickens always said, "Everything happens for a reason." Maybe so. Still, the 23-year-old's haunting words hardly offer solace to his grieving mother. read more...

Megan Moore (16) was struck by a train after she slipped and fell while running along the platform in high heels
More than 8000 people have inundated a Facebook tribute page set up to remember a "thoughtful and spirited" English girl who slipped in her high heels and fell onto a railway track. read more...

Robert Enke (32) goalkeeper on Germany's national football team, committed suicide by stepping in front of a train
"I thought that the death of our daughter Lara would bind us together in a way that we'd be able to get over anything," his wife said. "But ultimately we didn't manage." read more...

Tyler Booth (19) was struck and killed by a freight train
A 19-year-old Livermore man was struck and killed by a freight train early Saturday morning east of downtown Livermore, police reported. read more...

Demetrius Void (20) died of injuries sustained when a military vehicle struck him while conducting physical training.
Spec. Demetrius L. Void Hometown: Orangeburg, South Carolina, U.S. read more...

Joshua Fueston (19) committed suicide by placing himself in a path of the six-car train
Based on security camera footage and eyewitness accounts, Fueston intentionally placed himself in the path of the six-car train, according to the Washington Post. read more...

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