Amtrak train derails in deadly collision with freight train

[ForceFate]

https://nypost.com/2018/02/04/amtrak-train-derails-in-deadly-collision-with-freight-train/

Two people were killed and more than 100 injured when an Amtrak train traveling from New York City to Miami collided with a CSX freight train early Sunday morning in South Carolina.

The Amtrak train was carrying 139 people and eight crew members when the crash occurred, causing it to derail around 2:45 a.m. near Cayce – about 10 miles south of the capital Columbia.

The two people killed were Amtrak workers, South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster said, according to The State newspaper.

He also said it “appeared” that the Amtrak train was on the wrong track when it collided with the freight train that was stationary and empty.

 

[ForceFate]

Another derailment.

RIP.
Speedy recovery to the injured.

 

[The_Librarian]

Ouch.

 

[JungleBoy]

I guess we are not the only ones with tall trains and malfunctioning signals.