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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 2007
Page
7
An Amtrak train rear ended a freight train on Chicago’s South Side injuring dozens. Most of 187 passengers escaped unhurt though many were hurled from seats. 71 people were taken to about a dozen hospitals with five in serious to critical condition.
The Bush administration plans to cut counterterrorism funding for police, firefighters and rescue departments by more than half next year. Homeland Security has distributed 23 billion dollars to states and local communities since 9/11, but officials question spending efficiency and believe high risk cities have largely met security needs.
Enbridge Energy links a fatal oil pipeline explosion near Clearbrook Minnesota to a pinhole leak repaired weeks earlier. The fire halted three lines, but the line was expected to be back to 80 percent capacity within days as officials removed oil around the site and replaced the affected segment. Two contract workers from Superior Wisconsin were killed.
Illinois ISP confirms trooper Matt Mitchell, 29, had two earlier crashes in six years, including a 2003 incident that led to a 1.7 million dollar judgment against the state. The crash killed two Collinsville teenagers, Jessica Uhl 18 and Kelli Uhl 13, as trooper’s cruiser swerved into a median after being cut off.
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