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| Two dead and 50 injured in South Carolina train crash | Two dead and 50 injured in South Carolina train crash |
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| Train carrying 139 passengers and eight crew collided with freight train at about 2.30am | Train carrying 139 passengers and eight crew collided with freight train at about 2.30am |
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| Sun 4 Feb 2018 11.43 GMT | Sun 4 Feb 2018 11.43 GMT |
| Last modified on Sun 4 Feb 2018 14.13 GMT | |
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| Two people were killed and 80 injured after a passenger train collided with a freight train in South Carolina. | |
| Amtrak said the train carrying 139 passengers and eight crew was travelling between New York and Miami when it hit the other train, operated by CSX, and derailed near Columbia on Sunday morning. | |
| The collision happened at about 2.35am (7.45am GMT), according to local media. | |
| “Amtrak Train 91, operating between New York and Miami, came in contact with a CSX freight train at around 2.35 am in Cayce, South Carolina,” Amtrak said in a statement on its website. “The lead engine was derailed, as well as some passenger cars.” | |
| The Lexington County sheriff’s department said all passengers had been taken off the train. | |
| A coroner said the two people killed were both on board the passenger train. | |
| Lexington County coroner Margaret Fisher confirmed the fatalities in an email to the Associated Press. She said the names of the people killed and other details would be released later. | |
| Palmetto Health spokesman Tammie Epps said the three hospitals run by her company received 62 patients after the crash. Epps said in a statement most passengers appeared to have suffered minor injuries and would likely be treated and released without being admitted. | |
| Officials said two people had been admitted to hospital. | |
| Governor Henry McMaster’s spokesman, Brian Symmes, said the governor was on his way to the crash site. | |
| The wreck happened near a rail yard where several spurs branch off for train cars to be unloaded. Investigators said they did not know if the Amtrak train was diverted from its track. | |
| National Transportation Safety Board investigators were on their way to the crash site, about 10 miles south of Columbia. | |
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