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AP via WTOP rado, 8/22/17:
 

Dozens injured, none life-threatening, in train crash

UPPER DARBY, Pa. (AP) — A regional rail train crashed into a parked train at a suburban Philadelphia terminal early Tuesday morning, injuring dozens of passengers and the train’s operator, a regional rail spokeswoman said.

 

Rail spokeswoman Heather Redfern said none of the 42 people hurt in the crash suffered life-threatening injuries.

 

An inbound Norristown High Speed train crashed into an unoccupied train at the 69th Street Terminal in Upper Darby around 12:15 a.m. Tuesday.  .  .  .

 

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[CNJRoss]

Philly.com 8/22/17:
 

42 hurt in SEPTA train crash outside Philadelphia

 

 

A SEPTA Norristown High Speed Line train carrying passengers ran into unoccupied train early Tuesday inside the 69th Street Transportation Center in Upper Darby, injuring 42 people, officials said.

 

None of the injuries appear to be life threatening, SEPTA said. The train’s operator was treated at Penn Presbyterian Hospital and released.

 

The train was carrying 41 passengers and the operator when the crash occurred about 12:15 a.m., said Heather Redfern, a SEPTA spokeswoman. The cause is under investigation.

 

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[KevinKorell]

PHILADELPHIA — Forty-two people were injured when a Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) train hit an unoccupied train parked at a suburban station in Philadelphia, reported The Inquirer.

The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the crash, which occurred around 12:15 a.m. on Tuesday, the report said.

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The train is equipped with Automatic Train Control, but it was not clear Tuesday whether the safety system should have been able to prevent the collision from happening, The Inquirer reported. For the full story, click here.

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[KevinKorell]

CBS Philly, 8/22/17:

 

 

NTSB Investigating After 33 Injured When Train Crashes At 69th Street Terminal

 

 

The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating after dozens of people were injured in a high-speed SEPTA train crash in Upper Darby early Tuesday morning.

 

 

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Note that the injury count seems to have gone down since this morning.  Maybe they caught scammers who claimed they were aboard the train but really weren't.

[KevinKorell]

WPVI-TV, 6-ABC in Philadelphia, PA, 8/22/17:

 

33 hurt after SEPTA trains collide in Upper Darby

 

Authorities say a Route 100 Norristown High Speed Line train was arriving at the 69th Street Transportation Center when it crashed into an empty, stationary train.

 

No, it is not called the 100 line anymore.   Story here.

[CNJRoss]

AP via KTHR-TV Indianapolis, 8/23:
 

Lawsuit: Train that crashed also overshot previous station

 

 

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A man who was among dozens of people injured when a commuter train crashed at a suburban Philadelphia terminal is suing the rail company, claiming the train also blew past a previous station before the accident.

 

Passenger Darrell Robbson filed a lawsuit against the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority on Wednesday. He says SEPTA displayed carelessness when the train smashed into a parked train at the station,  .  .  .

 

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[KevinKorell]

Philadelphia, PA Inquirer, 8/22/17:

 

 

No quick answers expected in federal review of SEPTA train crash

 

Federal investigators began a review of a crash Tuesday on the Norristown High Speed Line, a process that will likely take up to a year before a final cause is released.

 

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[CNJRoss]

The Delaware County (PA) Daily Times, 9/20/17:
 

Probe: Train tracks were ‘slippery’ before crash at 69th Street

 

 

UPPER DARBY >> Less than a month following a collision by a Norristown High Speed SEPTA train at 69th Street Terminal, the National Transportation Safety Board release a preliminary report Tuesday that could indicate what led to the crash that injured the operator and 42 passengers.

 

While no determination of probable cause was made in this report, the NTSB stated that the operator of the 155 train heading east to its 12:10 a.m. destination at 69th Street Terminal on Aug. 22 reported slippery track conditions prior to the collision at the terminal.

 

The report states that the train had previously failed to stop during the final run of the night at the Gulph Mills Station, sliding past the platform and requiring permission to reverse back to the platform.

 

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