1995 Fox River Grove bus–train collision

When

25 Oct 1995

Kind

Rail accident

Coordinates

42.20° N, 88.22° W

Description

accident involving a school bus and Metra train

Deaths

7

Grade crossing collision in Fox River Grove, Illinois

The 1995 Fox River Grove bus–train collision was a grade crossing collision that killed seven students riding aboard a school bus in Fox River Grove, Illinois, on the morning of October 25, 1995. The school bus, driven by a substitute driver, who was also the trainer of bus drivers in the district, was stopped at a traffic light with the rearmost portion extending onto a portion of the railroad tracks when it was str…

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