Bus-Train Collision of 1942
On August 5, 1942. a southbound train collided with a westbound bus, killing fifteen bus passengers 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 passengers, twenty-six were U.S. Army Air Corps cadets.
Marker is at the intersection of West Railroad Avenue and West Georgetown Street, on the right when traveling south on West Railroad Avenue.
Courtesy hmdb.org
