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#21 KevinKorell

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Posted 06 February 2018 - 12:20 PM

WLTX-TV, Channel 19 in Columbia, SC, 2/5/18:

 


 

'There's a Baby That's Bleeding:' Amtrak Crash 911 Tapes Reveal Early Frantic Moments

 

 

 

Calls made to 911 show some of the early, frantic moments as passengers and crew aboard a derailed Amtrak train tried to alert first responders to the tragedy that had just unfolded.

 

News19 obtained the tapes from Lexington County Monday night. 

 

 

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Posted 06 February 2018 - 12:25 PM

First Coast News, Jacksonville, FL, 2/5/18:

 


 

Passengers arriving in Jacksonville recount deadly Amtrak crash in South Carolina

 

 

 

Charter buses transporting passengers from Sunday morning's deadly Amtrak crash near Cacye, South Carolina arrived in Jacksonville at 4:15 p.m.

 

 

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Posted 06 February 2018 - 12:34 PM

WCAV-TV, Channel 19 in Charlottesville, VA, 2/5/18:

 


 

Local mother and daughter aboard crashed Amtrak

 

 

 

A local mother and daughter are recovering from injuries sustained in the crash of an Amtrak train in South Carolina on Sunday that killed two and injured more than 100.

 

 

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Posted 07 February 2018 - 08:45 PM

Jacksonville (FL) Business Journal,​ 2/5/18:

Incorrect information from CSX employee led to Sunday's fatal crash

 

 

Incorrect information from a CSX Corp. employee at the site of Sunday's deadly Amtrak train crash led to the accident, according to CSX records and a source.

 

A signal system that would have warned the Amtrak train that it was being sent onto the wrong track was shut off at the time of a crash. .  .  .

 

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According to safety procedures during such a situation, an on-site employee is responsible for making sure the switch that directs a train to a particular track is in in the proper position. This switch was not, however.

 

Shortly before the 2:35 a.m. crash, Amtrak 91 stopped five miles before the site of the collision and waited for a go-ahead from a CSX dispatcher, per CSX protocol when a signaling system is being worked on, CSX documents show.

 

After the CSX conductor on site told a dispatcher that the switch was properly aligned, the dispatcher gave the go-ahead for the Amtrak train,  .  .  .

 

 

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Posted 08 February 2018 - 08:18 PM

Washington, DC Post, 2/8/18:

 


Widow of conductor killed in S.C. train crash sues Amtrak and CSX

 

 

The widow of the conductor killed in collision between an Amtrak train and a CSX freight train earlier this week is suing both railroads for negligence.

 

Christine Cella, widow of Michael Cella, filed suit Thursday in Duval County Circuit Court.

 

 

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Posted 11 February 2018 - 11:08 PM

AP via The News Tribune, Seattle, WA 2/11/18:
 

Even when not at fault, Amtrak can bear cost of accidents

 

 

WASHINGTON - Federal investigators are still looking at how CSX railway crews routed an Amtrak train into a parked freight train in Cayce, South Carolina, last weekend. But even if CSX should bear sole responsibility for the accident, Amtrak will likely end up paying crash victims' legal claims with public money.

 

Amtrak pays for accidents it didn't cause because of secretive agreements negotiated between the passenger rail company, which receives more than $1 billion annually in federal subsidies, and the private railroads, which own 97 percent of the tracks on which Amtrak travels.

 

Both Amtrak and freight railroads that own the tracks fight to keep those contracts secret in legal proceedings.  .  .  .

 

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Posted 18 February 2018 - 01:15 PM

EMS1.com;  2/18/18:

 


 

First responders recall SC Amtrak crash

 

 

The phones at Lexington County's 911 center started ringing just after 2:30 a.m.

 

"I'm on the Amtrak and we just had a bad wreck."

 

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Posted 28 February 2018 - 11:49 AM

WJAX/WFOX TV Jacksonville, FL 2/27/18:

 

Message from Jacksonville CSX dispatchers may have stopped fatal train crash

 

 

On Feb. 4, Orange Park Amtrak conductor Michael Cella was killed on the job.

 

Since then, Action News Jax has been investigating whether Cella’s death could have been prevented.

 

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“Key to this investigation is learning why that switch was lined that way because the expectation, of course, was that the Amtrak would be cleared and would be operating straight down like this," said Sumwalt.

 

The day of the crash, the signals in that area weren't working.

 

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Since the signals in the crash area were down for maintenance, Billingsley and other sources within the railroad industry tell Action News Jax a “slow order” limiting the Amtrak train's speed should have been issued.

 

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Posted 28 February 2018 - 06:27 PM

The State, Columbia, SC, 2/28/18:
 

 

New details revealed from fatal SC Amtrak crash in NTSB report


 
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has released a preliminary report on the head-on collision between an Amtrak passenger train and CSX freight train in Cayce on Feb. 4.

 

 

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Posted 02 February 2019 - 02:22 PM

Future Structure, 2/1/19:

 


 

A Year After a S.C. Amtrak Wreck, Train Safety Tech Goes Online

 

 

A year ago this week, an Amtrak passenger train slammed into a stopped engine in Cayce, leaving a set of derailed passenger cars bent into a V shape, a smashed Amtrak conductor’s car laying on its side, and a totally demolished engine that looked like it had been run over. Two people were killed and nearly 100 were injured.

 

 

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