Post by Logan on Apr 5, 2016 6:30:49 GMT -6
An Amtrak train derailed after crashing into a maintenance vehicle in Chester on Sunday, killing two rail workers and injuring 37 passengers, rail officials said.
The crash, the second fatal Amtrak derailment in the region within the last year, suspended service between Philadelphia and Washington, and shut down SEPTA trains on the Wilmington/Newark line.
Amtrak Train 89, operating from New York to Savannah, Ga., struck a backhoe on the tracks around 7:50 a.m. Sunday near Sixth and Booth Streets in Chester, officials said. The impact derailed the train's engine.
The two people killed were Amtrak employees; one was the backhoe's operator, said the National Transportation Safety Board. The victims were on or near the maintenance vehicle when it was struck, said Ruth Miller, spokeswoman for the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency.
Read more: www.philly.com/philly/news/20160404_Fatal_Amtrak_derailment_in_Chester_under_probe.html
The crash, the second fatal Amtrak derailment in the region within the last year, suspended service between Philadelphia and Washington, and shut down SEPTA trains on the Wilmington/Newark line.
Amtrak Train 89, operating from New York to Savannah, Ga., struck a backhoe on the tracks around 7:50 a.m. Sunday near Sixth and Booth Streets in Chester, officials said. The impact derailed the train's engine.
The two people killed were Amtrak employees; one was the backhoe's operator, said the National Transportation Safety Board. The victims were on or near the maintenance vehicle when it was struck, said Ruth Miller, spokeswoman for the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency.
Read more: www.philly.com/philly/news/20160404_Fatal_Amtrak_derailment_in_Chester_under_probe.html