2h 35min, feb 4, 2018 y - 2 killed, 116 hurt when Amtrak train crashes into stationary CSX freight train in South Carolina
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CNN -An Amtrak passenger train was mistakenly diverted to a side track and crashed into an unmanned freight train in South Carolina, killing two Amtrak employees and injuring 116 people, federal officials said.
Amtrak Train 91 was traveling south early Sunday and should have continued straight down the tracks, but the rail switch had been manually set to divert the train onto the rack where the CSX train was parked, National Transportation Safety Board Chairman Robert Sumwalt said at a news conference.
A padlock held the switch in its alignment, which is standard procedure when switches are manually operated, Sumwalt said.
"Key to that investigation is learning why that switch was lined (aligned) that way," he said.
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