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| Philadelphia Amtrak train derails just south of US city with 'two feared dead' | Philadelphia Amtrak train derails just south of US city with 'two feared dead' |
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| At least two people are feared dead after a train carrying around 350 people crashed and derailed just south of the US city of Philadelphia. | At least two people are feared dead after a train carrying around 350 people crashed and derailed just south of the US city of Philadelphia. |
| Authorities said an Amtrak train struck a piece of construction equipment just south of Philadelphia, and multiple injuries were being reported. | |
| Services on the Northeast Corridor, between New York and Philadelphia, were suspended as a result of the crash, which derailed the lead engine of the train. | |
| Amtrak said Train 89 was heading from New York to Savannah, Georgia, when it struck a backhoe - a mechanical digger - that was on the track in Chester, about 15 miles outside of Philadelphia. | |
| About 341 passengers and seven crew members were on board. | |
| Local emergency responders were on the scene and the crash was being investigated. |