Rails between boston and washington. This is an aerial shot of the spot just to my left where a speeding northeast regional train jumped the tracks last night. There were 238 passengers on board and a crew of five. At least seven are dead, more than 200 injured. Investigators from the National Transportation safety board are here, and tonight crews are moving the train to a secure location. Hour after hour Police Firefighters and other rescue workers searched desperately for anyone who might still be trapped in the wreckage of amtrak train 188. Keep crawling, okay. Crawl forward, sir. Pelley as victims were carried to ambulances, survivors told their stories, among them beth davidz. Once the car started filling up with smoke, we actually climbed out the top. It was when i was sitting on the cl top of the car and we looked out, you could see the first. The engine and first cars just crushed. Pelley the train left washingtons Union Station just after 7 10 last night bound for new york ci
The defense secretary telling cnn three bodies have been found in the charred wreckage of the helicopter. Six u. S. Marines on the helicopter helping on an aid mission when the pilot radioed about some kind of fuel problem, then contact was lost. Cnns will ripley will join us with details in a few minutes. That helicopter has been found and Officials Saying three bodies in the charred wreckage. We will bring more as we get it. There is new information on the crash of amtrak 188. The engineer driving the train has been agreed to be interviewed by the ntsbational Transportation Safety board. 32yearold Brandon Bostian was at the controls when the train derail in philadelphia. Eight People Killed and more than 200 injured. Ntsb officials hope bostian can answer the remaining questions. Among them why the train accelerated from 70 to over 100 Miles Per Hour in the moments before the crash. We are also learning this morning that amtrak was just months away from installing a Safety System tha
A jury cleared an Amtrak engineer Friday of all charges stemming from a derailment that left eight people dead and hundreds injured in Philadelphia in 2015.
A jury cleared an Amtrak engineer Friday of all charges stemming from a derailment that left eight people dead and hundreds injured in Philadelphia in 2015.
The family of the last victim to be identified in the Amtrak crash in Philadelphia has confirmed that she died in the crash.
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