An Amtrak passenger train traveling from Los Angeles to Chicago struck a dump truck Monday in a remote area of Missouri, killing three people and injuring dozens more as rail cars tumbled off the tracks and landed on their sides, officials said.
In North Charleston, authorities say three people were killed after an Amtrak passenger train struck a car over the weekend.
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Alex Wong/Getty Images Columbia,SC (WOLO)— Amtrak says they are closely watching the Coronavirus, and while doing so have new protocols in place. Some of the actions include enhanced cleaning protocols, specifically increasing the amount of times trains are cleaned. The transportation company says they are also making more sanitizer and disinfectant for customers and staff. Through April 30th, 2020 they…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) _ Federal investigators say the crew of a CSX freight train was still on scene at the time of a deadly South Carolina crash, with an engineer running to safety as a passenger train hurtled down the track toward him. That detail was among information released Wednesday by the National Transportation Safety Board. Investigators have said human…
COLUMBIA, SC ( WOLO) — Palmetto Health officials say they have 2 patients remaining in their care, from the 60 patients they received Sunday from the Amtrak crash. Hospital officials say one patient is in serious, the other in good condition. Hospital officials say they received an influx of patients from the Amtrak train accident in Cayce, South Carolina, yesterday,…
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– The NTSB has released new details in the Amtrak train crash in Cayce. The NTSB says the event data recorder was recovered from the wreckage. According to the NTSB Chair, 7 seconds before the end of the recorder, the Amtrak train was traveling at 56 miles per hour. And you can hear the brake pipes begin decreasing, says…
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COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– The NTSB is on the ground in Lexington County to investigate the Amtrak Train crash in Cayce. The Miami-bound Amtrak train appeared to be on the wrong track when it collided with a freight train early Sunday morning, killing two people and injuring 116, officials said. http://abcnews.go.com/US/amtrak-passenger-train-collides-freight-train-sc-injuries/story?id=52826058 NTSB officials are expected to hold a media briefing Sunday….
Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher has identified the two fatalities in the Amtrak train crash.
