At least two people were killed and 70 more were injured Sunday when a train carrying 147 people collided with a freight train in the eastern US state of South Carolina, local police said. The Amtrak train travelling between New York and Miami collided with the CSX freight train and derailed in Cayce, near Columbia, the state’s capital, at around 2:30 am on Sunday. The Lexington County Sheriff’s Department confirmed all passengers had been evacuated from the Amtrak train. Speaking to CNN, passenger Derek Pettaway said he was travelling south from Philadelphia to Orlando in a sleeper cabin when he was awoken by the impact of the crash. In December, three people were killed when an Amtrak passenger train derailed in Washington state near the city of Tacoma, sending cars flying off a bridge and onto a busy interstate road.

Source: Hindustan Times February 04, 2018 12:33 UTC