Posted on 02/04/2018 7:43:23 AM PST by Morgana
FULL TITLE: Two dead and 70 passengers are injured as Amtrak train smashes into freight carriages in South Carolina
At least two people have died and dozens more are seriously injured after a passenger train smashed into freight carriages in South Carolina.
Officials said more than 70 people had been transported to local hospitals after the Amtrak service flew off the line. Several of those injured suffered broken bones. It's still unclear if any of the passengers are being treated for life-threatening injuries.
The crash occurred around 2.30am when the Amtrak service, traveling between New York and Miami, collided with the CSX freight train, which was carrying diesel.
The train company said that 139 passengers and eight members of crew were on board at the time and emergency services were currently treating the injured.
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My favorite Brit expression, “Sixes and Sevens” - a condition of confusion or disarray.
Check out Glossary of British terms not widely used in the United States. There isn't anything Wiki doesn't have!
“Freight carriages?”
It’s more dignified than ‘freight car’, just as ‘administrative assistant’ is more dignified than ‘secretary’, ‘custodian’ is more dignified than ‘janitor’ ... we could go on and on.
Here in my county they call classrooms ‘teaching stations’.
So sorry for the families of the victims. RIP
This is what NTSB is reporting today. The switch was in the wrong position.
I am starting to think that someone s behind this. Like Antifa or terrorists.
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