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Amtrak Train Crash

WI Amazon driver amazed he survived train crash that split truck in 2

  • Nov 14, 2021

Video shows fiery crash between Amtrak train and truck

  • Mar 18, 2021
AP Photo/Jeff Blake

Freight trains better equipped with safety tech than passenger trains

  • Feb 5, 2018

2 dead, over 100 hurt after Amtrak train from NY crashes into freight train

  • Feb 5, 2018

Train crashes while carrying GOP House members to retreat, 1 dead

  • Feb 1, 2018

Derailed train going 80 mph in 30 mph zone, NTSB says

  • Dec 20, 2017

Video from scene of fatal Wash. state train derailment

  • Dec 18, 2017

Pa. Attorney General announces criminal charges in Amtrak crash

  • May 13, 2017

Latest Videos

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911 calls: Passengers recount smoke, blood on crashed Amtrak train

  • Feb 6, 2018
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7 On Your Side Investigates: Freight trains better equipped with safety tech than passenger trains

  • Feb 5, 2018
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Switch in wrong position likely cause of deadly Amtrak train crash in South Carolina

  • Feb 5, 2018
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2 dead, over 100 hurt after Amtrak train from New York crashes in South Carolina

  • Feb 5, 2018
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2 dead, over 100 hurt after Amtrak train from New York crashes in South Carolina

  • Feb 4, 2018
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2 dead, over 100 hurt after Amtrak train from New York crashes in South Carolina

  • Feb 4, 2018
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Amtrak train crashes into freight train in South Carolina

  • Feb 4, 2018
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2 dead in South Carolina Amtrak crash

  • Feb 4, 2018

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Amtrak train derails, hits NJ Transit train at Penn Station in NYC

Amtrak said the train was moving at a slow speed when it had a minor derailment, causing it to make contact with an incoming NJ Transit train.

  • Mar 24, 2017
Joseph Kaczmarek

Distracted engineer blamed for deadly Philadelphia Amtrak wreck

The Amtrak engineer whose speeding train ran off the rails in Philadelphia last year was apparently distracted by word that a train nearby had been hit by a rock, federal investigators concluded Tuesday, pinning most of the blame on him for the wreck that killed eight people.

  • May 17, 2016
Joseph Kaczmarek

NTSB: Amtrak engineer 'distracted' during deadly Philadelphia crash

The NTSB has concluded that a "distraction" caused the engineer of Amtrak 188 to lose situational awareness prior to last year's deadly derailment in Philadelphia, according to sources.

  • May 16, 2016

Amtrak crash 1 year later: Passenger's life 'still derailed'

Robert Hewett was texting his wife, Judy, about vacation plans from his seat in the front car of Amtrak Train 188 on May 12, 2015, headed home from a work trip when the car started to tip.

  • May 12, 2016
WABC

Officials: Amtrak engineer hit brakes seconds before crash

NTSB investigator Ryan Frigo said videos showed construction equipment on the track and a contractor's equipment on an adjacent track before Sunday morning's crash.

  • Apr 5, 2016