Cayce (US): An Amtrak passenger train slammed into a freight train parked on a side track in South Carolina early Sunday, killing two Amtrak employees and injuring more than 110 people, authorities said. It was the third deadly wreck involving Amtrak in less than two months. Amtrak’s Silver Star was on its way from New York to Miami with eight crew members and about 140 passengers around 2:45 AM when it plowed into the CSX train at an estimated 59
mph, Governor Henry McMaster said. The wreck took place around a switchyard about 16 kilometers south of Columbia. The governor said investigators have yet to determine how the Amtrak train ended up on that stretch of track. “The CSX was on the
track it was supposed to be on,” McMaster said. The National Transportation Safety Board sent investigators.
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