Casey Jones(1863-1900) was an American railway drive.He become a hero when he died because he saved the lives of many passengersin a terrible accident. On 30 April 1900 Casey was driving a dark and wet night. He was with another drive,his friend Webb. The train was going fast because Casey was't the problem. There was another train on the same railway. Casey and didn't know about this train.As Casey was coming around a bent ,he saw the othe train. Casey realised the danger. 'Jump!'he shouted to his friend Webb jumped from the train while Casey was trying to stop.Webb fell 100 metres but he didn't die. While he was falling he heard Casey. Casewas shoudting,'Help!'The train was going fast, so it couldn't stop quickly. Casey slowed the train down but it still crashed.Casey was killed but the passengers didn't die. Casey became very famous after this and his friend wrote a very popular song, The Ballad of Casey Jones, about him.