8th Body Found At Train Derailment Scene
The body of an 8th victim was found Thursday morning at the scene of an Amtrak train derailment in Philadelphia, the fire commissioner announced.
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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.
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.
Derrick Griffith, dean of student affairs and enrollment management at Medgar Evers College, has been identified as the fifth person killed in the crash.
As officials work to learn why Amtrak train 188 was barreling down the tracks at twice the speed allowed, the Eyewitness News I-Team is digging into train derailments and the safeguards in place to prevent them.
A Wells Fargo employee has been identified as one of those killed in the train derailment in Philadelphia.
"We saw a lot of rib fractures," he said. "Almost everybody had rib fractures."
Philadelphia athletes and teams express their sympathy following the Amtrak train derailment.
The missing CEO of a Philadelphia technology firm is among one of those killed in Tuesday night's deadly train derailment in Port Richmond, according to a statement from her family.
Following an Amtrak train derailment in Philadelphia that killed seven people and injured hundreds, a passenger shared his story of survival.
Pennsylvania Senator Pat Toomey spoke with Rich Zeoli on Talk Radio 1210 WPHT about his visit to the scene of the Amtrak train derailment.
Dr. Rick Hong, the Division Head of Disaster Medicine at Cooper University Health Care, spoke with Rich Zeoli on Talk Radio 1210 WPHT.
KYW's John McDevitt reports alternate service plans have been put into place for more than 12,000 weekly riders.
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.
Some travelers just outside 30th Street Station got creative, and some strangers became friends.
An Associated Press video software architect is among those killed in the Philadelphia Amtrak train derailment.
A midshipman was one of those killed in the Amtrak train derailment in Philadelphia, the Naval Academy announced Wednesday.
More than a dozen Red Cross volunteers were on hand to help frazzled survivors of the train wreck as they trickled in last night and this morning.
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.
