The reasons for the terrible accident of the train New York-Miami

The Amtrak train, which moved from New York to Miami and crashed into a CSX freight train on Sunday, was not on the right track as a result of poor commuting. As a result, two or more 100 people were injured, according to New york post with reference to the governor of South Carolina.

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"The CSX freight train was on its way when it crashed into Amtrak. Accordingly, the passenger train was not on its route,” Gov. Henry McMaster said at a briefing.

В Office of Regulatory Staff stated that investigators are now trying to determine whether the track switch was shifted by sending a passenger train, which was moving at a speed of 94 km / h, into the freight train.

“The preliminary investigation indicates that the switching was the problem,” said Thomas Allen, director of transportation safety at the regulatory agency. -The problem was not rail defects. Amtrak found himself on the wrong path. ”

The National Commission for Transport Safety will take the lead in the study.

Accident occurred at 2: 35 in the morning on Sunday in Keyse, South Carolina. According to Becker, there were about 140 passengers on the train. All passengers were evacuated. Lexington County spokeswoman Harrison Cahill added that passengers received various injuries - from scratches to fractures.

Difficulties were added by the weather conditions, because at the time of the crash the temperature outside was minus one degree Celsius.

The Red Cross quickly responded to the fact that the train crashed, which created a shelter in the nearby Pine Ridge High School to help the victims.

This accident was the second major incident with Amtrak in less than a week. Recall that on Wednesday, January 31, a train carrying Republican members of Congress encountered a garbage truck in Virginia. As a result of the crash, one person died, many were injured.

In December, the passenger train went off the rails on a flyover near Seattle, and the cars fell onto the highway under the bridge, taking the lives of three people.

In 2015, the train Amtrak derailed in Philadelphia. Then 8 people died and more than 200 were injured.

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