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Duration: 01:13 minutes Upload Time: 2007-07-25 03:45:40 User: giantwarwock :::: Favorites :::: Top Videos of Day |
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TTC Toronto Transit Commission subway crash horrific accident 1995 russell hill station dupont clair west
Description: At 6:02 p.m. on Friday, August 11, 1995, a southbound Yonge-University-Spadina line subway train ran into the rear of a parked train halfway between St. Clair West and Dupont subway Station. There were about 200 to 300 passengers on the two trains. Of those, 3 women were killed and more than 30 people were taken to hospital with injuries. After 40 years of subway operation with a perfect safety record, it was the first time that people died on the system and it was the TTC's fault. What caused the accident? 1. Robert Jeffrey, the train driver, was only on the job for two days; he consecutively ran red lights. 2. A trip arm, which was supposed to activate the train's emergency brakes at red lights, had a design flaw. TTC: The Safer Way? Prior to the 1995 crash, it faced: -A subway system that was in such advanced disrepair that long segments of track could have been condemned. -A signal system that malfunctioned with astonishing frequency and jaded train drivers who would routinely run red lights to save time. -A geriatric bus fleet in the midst of mechanical and structural collapse. -An old-boy management clique plagued by self-satisfied incompetence. -A corporate structure that discouraged communication between key departments, including the maintenance personnel who detected problems and the engineering division that fixed them. -A hubristic focus on grand subway expansion at a time when the existing system was aging and wearing out. A cop's perspective of the day: http://transit.toronto.on.ca/archives/data/200508061805.shtml . . . . . . . Tags: TORONTO TRANSIT COMMISSION THE BETTER SAFEY WAY RIDE THE RED ROCKET TTC AMERICAN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION APTA CANADIAN URBAN TRANSIT ASSOCIATION CUTA ADAM GIAMBRONE DAVID MILLER HOWARD MOSCOE DALTON MCGUINTY SUBWAY METRO SYSTEM CANADIAN ONTARIO CANADA RAPID TRANSIT MASS UNDERGROUND CRASH ACCIDENT HORRIFIC WORST CANADIAN HISTORY VICTIMS DEAD KILLED POLICE AMBULANCE FIRE SERVICE BOMBARDIER BUS STREETCAR SURFACE ROUTES BLOOR DANFORTH LINE Kennedy Warden Victoria Park Main Street St Woodbine Coxwell Greenwood Donlands Pape Chester Broadview Castle Frank Sherbourne Yonge Bay Lower St Saint George Spadina Bathurst Christie Ossington Dufferin Lansdowne Dundas West Keele High Park Runnymede Jane Old Mill Royal York Islington Kipling YONGE UNIVERSITY SPADINA Finch North York Centre Sheppard York Mills Lawrence Eglinton Davisville St Clair Summerhill Rosedale Bloor Wellesley College Dundas Queen King Union St Andrews Osgoode St Patrick Queen's Park Museum Dupont St. Clair West Eglinton West Glencairn Lawrence West Yorkdale Wilson Downsview SHEPPARD Sheppard-Yonge Bayview Bessarion Leslie Don Mills SCARBOROUGH RT SRT Kennedy Lawrence East Ellesmere Midland Scarborough Town Centre STC McCowan |
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| johnnyxme93 ::: Favorites 2007-12-18 20:24:26 oh i am soo sorry to hear that but this story fasinates me, but sorry how bad was it how did it feel like? during the crash? __________________________________________________ | |
| tebarovski ::: Favorites 2007-12-18 11:01:24 stupid driver __________________________________________________ | |
| g4tech ::: Favorites 2007-12-11 22:29:51 i dont think it is __________________________________________________ | |
| TorontoRocks2 ::: Favorites 2007-12-08 15:57:16 My son and I would both like to thank you for your help that day in assisting the firefighters and paramedics because it was a horrible site underground and we were so very thankful once they got us out of there. __________________________________________________ | |
| TorontoRocks2 ::: Favorites 2007-12-08 10:50:36 Yes it was very scary, it was the longest 3 hours of my life moreso because it was dark and I couldn't see my 5 year old son who was trapped beneath me. Thankgoodness he had no serious injuries but it was a long road to recovery for both of us. My heart still goes out to the families of the three women who died that day. __________________________________________________ | |
| faceless222 ::: Favorites 2007-12-05 18:40:07 u were on that train . omfg!!!! must of been fucking scary __________________________________________________ | |
| giantwarwock ::: Favorites 2007-11-10 23:02:47 ttc = toronto transit commission __________________________________________________ | |
| 13aznanimegirl12 ::: Favorites 2007-11-10 22:46:57 wats ttc?in calgary they have the "c trains"and once i got stuck in one of those for a whole hour __________________________________________________ | |
| exkalibur25ca ::: Favorites 2007-09-15 15:36:34 I remember being called up from Niagara to help out with this. I was a Jr. member of a SAR group, we assisted with getting supplies to the firefighters and paramedics below ground. I can't go near Winston Churchill Park without my eyes welling up from both the emotional toll and from all the acrid smoke and lord knows what. __________________________________________________ | |
| James7084 ::: Favorites 2007-09-09 23:16:10 this appears to be from teh Discovery Channel Show, Mayday __________________________________________________ | |
| TorontoRocks2 ::: Favorites 2007-09-04 13:47:00 It was on a Friday, August 11,1995 at 6:03pm. I was in that crash and it was the most scariest day of my life and what followed afterwards. __________________________________________________ | |
| ttcgeek ::: Favorites 2007-08-30 19:55:22 Where did you get this from? __________________________________________________ | |
| skrilla88 ::: Favorites 2007-08-28 05:07:12 i remember when this happened.Ihad nightmares for days and i was afraid to go on the train :( __________________________________________________ | |
| giantwarwock ::: Favorites 2007-08-15 05:56:40 ERROR: It was Friday evening during the evening rush hour. __________________________________________________ | |
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