An 18-year-old high school senior who appeared not to hear the horn of an approaching train because he was wearing headphones was killed Monday as he was walking on railroad tracks in Polk County. ...more

October 21, 2009

Federal officials investigating a commuter rail collision that killed 26 people said they want to review cell phone records to determine whether an engineer blamed for running a stop signal before the crash may have been text messaging at the time. ...more

September 16, 2008

Federal officials investigating a commuter rail collision that killed 25 people said Sunday that they were looking into a report that an engineer blamed for running a stop signal before the crash may have been text messaging around the same time. ...more

September 15, 2008