Tuesday, May 12, 2015

ANOTHER TRAIN CRASH: AMTRAK TRAIN IN PHILADELPHIA, INJURIES REPORTED





MAY 12, 2015
PHILADELPHIA, PA (AP)

An Amtrak train has crashed in Philadelphia, and several people appear to be injured.

Train 188 was traveling from Washington, D.C., to New York City on Tuesday night when it crashed.

The front of the train was going into a turn when it shook.

An Associated Press employee on the train says it appears the train went off the tracks. Paul Cheung says he was fortunate to be at the back of the train and the front of it "looks pretty bad".

Police swarming the Port Richmond area where the crash occurred are telling people to get back.

Former Congressman Patrick Murphy was on the train and says he has been helping people. He has been tweeting photos of firefighters helping people in the wreckage.


Police swarming the Port Richmond area where the crash occurred are telling people to get back.


Former Congressman Patrick Murphy was on the train and said he has been helping people. He tweeted photos of firefighters helping people in the wreckage.


Amtrak hasn't returned a call seeking comment.


Another Amtrak train crashed on Sunday. That train, bound for New Orleans, struck a flatbed truck at a railway crossing in Amite, killing the truck's driver and injuring two people on the train.