n Amtrak passenger train collided with a CSX freight train early Sunday morning in Cayce South Carolina, killing two Amtrak employees and injuring more than 100 people.
CAYCE, South Carolina — An Amtrak passenger train collided with a CSX freight train early Sunday morning in Cayce, South Carolina, killing two Amtrak employees and injuring more than 100 people, according to Gov. Henry McMaster.
The National Transportation Safety Board is still investigating the exact cause of the crash, but the governor said it appears the Amtrak train was traveling on the wrong track.
„I defer to those who are experts in that and do have the correct information,“ said Gov. McMaster. „But it appears that Amtrak was on the wrong track.“
Amtrak Train 91 was heading from to New York to Miami according to Derrec Becker of South Carolina Emergency Management
This is the third deadly wreck involving Amtrak in less than two months.
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