Two Amtrak employees were killed and at least 100 other people were injured when an Amtrak passenger train collided with a CSX freight train early Sunday morning in Cayce, South Carolina near Columbia. Amtrak train #91 was traveling from New York to Miami when it collided head-on with the CSX train derailing several cars on the passenger train. Of the ...
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Feds: Speed a factor in deadly Amtrak derailment; 3 dead, more than 100 hurt
The high-speed Amtrak train that derailed on Monday near Olympia, Washington was going 81.1 mph just moments before it took a curve rated for only 30 mph, according to Federal investigators. JUST IN: Federal investigators say the Amtrak train that derailed south of Seattle was traveling at 80 mph in a 30 mph zone. pic.twitter.com/eD9yNcwwF5 — FOX 29 (@FOX29philly) December ...
Read More »Amtrak Train Derailment Update: 77 injured, 4 seriously, multiple fatalities
77 injured, 3 dead 13 of 14 train cars jumped the tracks 5 motor vehicles and two semi-trucks were struck by the derailed train First time this route was run with passengers onboard A high-speed Amtrak train has derailed in Pierce County, Washington where a massive emergency response is ongoing. (This is a breaking story and will be updated as ...
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