Businessman From Maryland Identified As Victim In Amtrak Train Derailment
A businessman from Maryland has been identified as one of the victims killed in a train derailment in Philadelphia.
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A businessman from Maryland has been identified as one of the victims killed in a train derailment in Philadelphia.
The body of an 8th victim was found Thursday morning at the scene of an Amtrak train derailment in Philadelphia, the fire commissioner announced.
Passengers along Amtrak's northeast corridor will have to figure out other ways to get to their destination for a few more days.
Representative Ryan Costello (R-PA) told Radio 1210 WPHT midday host Dom Giordano that his recent comments on CNN about the Amtrak disaster and the company's funding have been taken out of context by some.
Nearly all of the Amtrak cars that derailed Tuesday night near Frankford Junction have been transported to an undisclosed location for inspection by federal investigators.
A hospital official says that 16 victims of the Amtrak derailment in Philadelphia remain at Temple University Hospital, and all are expected to recover.
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Amtrak service is still impacted because of Tuesday's train derailment.
Derrick Griffith, dean of student affairs and enrollment management at Medgar Evers College, has been identified as the fifth person killed in the crash.
"We saw a lot of rib fractures," he said. "Almost everybody had rib fractures."
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Family members of 45-year-old Robert say he boarded the Amtrak train in Baltimore for a business trip to New York.
An analysis by The Associated Press of surveillance video just before the deadly crash of an Amtrak train indicates it was traveling about 107 miles per hour as it approached a curve where the speed limit was only 50 miles per hour.
"The energy intensity of this -- I mean, trains jackknifed -- something incredible, almost like a big bang, occurred there," notes Dr. Joseph Martin, a professor of civil engineering at Drexel University.
Philadelphia police officials say the engineer of the Amtrak train that crashed, killing seven people and injuring more than 200, declined to provide a statement to investigators.
A midshipman was one of those killed in the Amtrak train derailment in Philadelphia, the Naval Academy announced Wednesday.
Hundreds of emergency crews responded to the scene of a deadly train derailment in Philadelphia Tuesday night.
President Barack Obama has released the following statement regarding the Amtrak train derailment in Philadelphia that left six dead and hundreds others injured:
At least six people are confirmed dead, more than 200 injured and according to CBS 3 sources, dozens are believed to be unaccounted for following the derailment of Amtrak train 188 in Philadelphia's Port Richmond neighborhood late Tuesday night.
Dr. Herb Cushing said he spoke to several patients from the last two train cars who were awake and able to talk.
Eyewitness News spoke to one visibly distraught passenger, Rebecca Bibb, who says she was on the third train car from the back at the time of the accident.
The train was headed from Washington D.C. to New York when it jumped the tracks at Frankford Junction.
Amtrak says individuals with questions about their friends and family on train 188 should call Amtrak's Emergency Hotline at 800-523-9101.
The train derailment in Philadelphia's Port Richmond neighborhood is impacting travel for the Wednesday morning commute.
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