What the records say
- When
- 15 Mar 1999
- Kind
- Rail accident
- Coordinates
- 41.18° N, 87.85° W
- Description
- train collision near Bourbonnais, Illinois
- Deaths
- 11
- Injured
- 122
1999 Bourbonnais, Illinois, train crash
1999 fatal train crash in Bourbonnais, Illinois, United States
On March 15, 1999, Amtrak's southbound City of New Orleans passenger train collided with a semi-trailer truck in the village of Bourbonnais, Illinois, United States. Most of the train derailed, killing eleven people. A National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigation into the accident attributed the cause to the truck driver trying to beat the train across a grade crossing.
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