Post by Logan on Mar 11, 2016 8:01:19 GMT -6
The list is impersonal: 164 people identified just by age and sex, followed by an inventory of damage to human bodies.
The engine of Amtrak Train 188 rests between sets of railroad tracks after the derailment in May 2015.
Fractures. Lacerations. A ruptured bladder. A liver contusion. Three people who suffered flail chests - catastrophic harm to their rib cages.
The list, released Wednesday by the National Transportation Safety Board, catalogs injuries inflicted when Amtrak Train 188 derailed in Philadelphia last spring.
Of 253 passengers on the seven-car train, eight died. Half of those were in or near the first car; the others were in or near the third. An additional 43 people, according to the report, suffered serious injuries. The May 12 crash also caused minor injuries to 113 others.
Read more: www.philly.com/philly/business/transportation/20160311_NTSB_lists_injuries_from_Amtrak_derailment_in_Philly.html
The engine of Amtrak Train 188 rests between sets of railroad tracks after the derailment in May 2015.
Fractures. Lacerations. A ruptured bladder. A liver contusion. Three people who suffered flail chests - catastrophic harm to their rib cages.
The list, released Wednesday by the National Transportation Safety Board, catalogs injuries inflicted when Amtrak Train 188 derailed in Philadelphia last spring.
Of 253 passengers on the seven-car train, eight died. Half of those were in or near the first car; the others were in or near the third. An additional 43 people, according to the report, suffered serious injuries. The May 12 crash also caused minor injuries to 113 others.
Read more: www.philly.com/philly/business/transportation/20160311_NTSB_lists_injuries_from_Amtrak_derailment_in_Philly.html