“The first engine of the freight train was torn up, and the single engine of the passenger train is barely recognizable.”DEADLY CRASHESAnderson said the passenger train hit the tail end of the CSX train. The passenger train was part of Amtrak’s Silver Star Service. The NTSB did not release details on the speed at which the Amtrak train was traveling. In December, three people were killed when an Amtrak passenger train derailed in Washington state. In late January, an Amtrak train carrying Republican members of the US Congress killed one person in a garbage truck with which it collided in Virginia.

Source: bd News24 February 05, 2018 00:45 UTC