As most know, preparedness is key for first responders when helping during disasters. Emergency management crews from across Oklahoma converged on Edmond to hone their skills Wednesday morning and make sure they're ready to roll when duty calls.

Six killed as a passenger train collides with a goods train near Bilaspur in Chhattisgarh. The tragedy adds to major train accidents in India over the last five years, exposing persistent railway safety issues.

"Heroes" of a rail disaster that left 12 people dead and 46 injured should be remembered, an author has said. Railway workers, doctors and nurses rushed to evacuate casualties – including schoolchildren – following a head-on crash between two commuter trains outside Hull's Paragon Station on the morning of 14 February 1927.

Tens of thousands of people have gathered in Novi Sad, Serbia, to commemorate the victims of last year's railway station disaster.

Venice licensed commercial pilot Tim Kenny confirmed disaster training can make all the difference when it comes to passenger or pilot survival.

January 1915 – Guadalajara, Mexico: More than 600 people die when a train derails into a ravine during a steep descent. May 22, 1915 – Gretna, Scotland: The United Kingdom’s worst rail disaster occurs when three trains collide at Quintinshill ...

It’s really weird when you think about it. So what’s the deal? We asked a transportation safety expert to explain this exception to the rule.