Bus-Train Collision of 1942 - Crystal Springs, MS
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N 31° 59.207 W 090° 20.530
15R E 751122 N 3542057
Mississippi History Marker in a small park on Railroad Ave in Crystal Springs, MS
Waymark Code: WMCK08
Location: Mississippi, United States
Date Posted: 09/15/2011
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On August 5, 1942. a southnound train collided with a westbound bus, killing fifteen bus passangers and injuring many more. The Greyhound bus, traveling from New Orleans to Jackson, stopped at the east side of the Marion Avenue railroad crossing to await the passing of a northbound freight train. As the last train car passed, the bus crossed the tracks and was struck in the rear by an unseen southbound troop train. Of the fifty-two bus passangers, twenty-six were U S Army Air Corp cadets.
Date Installed:: 2008/1/1
Organization that placed the object:: Mississippi Department of Archives and History
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