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Wednesday, May 13, 2015

DERAILED PHILADELPHIA TO NYC AMTRAK TRAIN THAT KILLED 7 WAS TRAVELLING DOUBLE THE SPEED LIMIT ON A DANGEROUS ZONE - Reports of a projectile hitting a commuter train before the derailment

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Amtrak derailment that killed at least seven as it emerges train was traveling at 100 mph on a dangerous curve in a 50 mph zone
Debris: Investigators look at the wreckage of the destroyed second car beside the tracks on Wednesday morning

Train engineer Brandon Bostian
Screenshot 2015-05-13 14.16.43
Gay marriage activist
 
Train engineer Brandon Bostian refuses to talk to police.
graduated from the University of Missouri-Columbia in 2006
with a degree in business management and administration.
He now lives in Queens, New York

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amtrak wreck

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CBS - SEPTA Says Commuter Train Hit By Projectile Before Amtrak Train Derailed
 
PHILADELPHIA (CBS/AP) – A Philadelphia commuter train was hit by a projectile about 20 minutes before an Amtrak train derailed a few miles up the track.  A spokeswoman for the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority says there’s no indication that the incident is related to the derailment.
 
SEPTA spokeswoman Jerri Williams says they don’t know what the projectile was. It broke the engineer’s window around 9:25 p.m. Tuesday near SEPTA’s North Philadelphia station. No injuries were reported.  Williams says the Trenton-bound commuter train was stopped and the incident was being investigated when the Amtrak derailment happened about 3½ miles away.
Source
http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2015/05/13/septa-says-commuter-train-hit-by-projectile-just-before-amtrak-train-derailed/
 
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Daily Mail:
  • Seven cars from Train 188 derailed near Philadelphia just after 9pm on Tuesday as it traveled from Washington D.C. with more than 240 people on board
  • Seven people have died, eight are in critical condition and more than 200 received medical treatment
  • The train's engineer was injured and has declined to give a statement to investigators
  • On Wednesday morning, investigators from the Transportation Safety Board and the Federal Railroad Administration started arriving at the scene and have taken away the train's 'black box' for analysis

    • Tragic: An incredible aerial photo shows how the front car of the train (seen bottom, center) careened off the tracks while the second car apparently detached and was destroyed. The wreckage from this second car can be seen beside the tracks, right
    Tragic: An incredible aerial photo shows how the front car of the train (seen bottom, center) careened off the tracks while the second car apparently detached and was destroyed. The wreckage from this second car can be seen beside the tracks, right
     
    Crash: On Wednesday morning, crews can be seen investigating the scene of the derailment in the Frankfort section of Philadelphia

     The Wall Street Journal reported that Northeast Regional Train 188 was zipping toward New York at more than 100 mph when the engine and its seven passenger cars skidded off the rails.
     
    Authorities confirmed they were still trying to locate an unspecified number of the 238 passengers and five crew members traveling from Philadelphia to Penn Station in Manhattan.

    Emergency personnel help a passenger who is bleeding from the head at the scene of the crash.
     
    Reports and photos from:
    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3079313/Amtrak-train-derails-killing-7-people-investigation-begins.html

    http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/derailed-amtrak-train-traveling-100-mph-article-1.2220766
    http://www.nydailynews.com/news/amtrak-train-derails-gallery-1.2220132

    Gateway Pundit Flashback of FBI warnings of train derailment threats
    http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2015/05/flashback-fbi-warns-of-train-derailment-threat/

    Amtrak crash survivors recall horror of Philadelphia derailment
    http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/amtrak-passengers-recall-horror-philadelphia-crash-article-1.2220377

    Another train hit by a projectile before the Philadelphia-NYC derailment
    http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2015/05/13/septa-says-commuter-train-hit-by-projectile-just-before-amtrak-train-derailed/

    DRUDGE REPORT'S HEADLINES
    Train cars ripped apart...
    'Disastrous mess'...
    Passengers 'Didn't Care About Anyone Else, Stepping Over People'...
    'Dozens' Remain Unaccounted For...
    Horror video from inside...
    Commuter Train Hit By Projectile Just Before AMTRAK Crash...
    FLASHBACK: FBI Warns of Train Derailment Threat...

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