Rail accident

1902 Pittsfield Streetcar Incident

3 Sep 1902 · 39.83° N, 98.58° W

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When
3 Sep 1902
Kind
Rail accident
Coordinates
39.83° N, 98.58° W
Description
1902 traffic collision

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1902 Pittsfield Streetcar Incident

1902 traffic collision

The 1902 Pittsfield Streetcar Incident was a collision involving President Theodore Roosevelt, who was traveling in a horse-drawn carriage in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. A speeding electric streetcar under the control of motorman Euclid Madden and conductor James Kelly hit the presidential carriage as it crossed the trolley tracks, jettisoning Roosevelt, who was injured.

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