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This
is the FOURTH incident in so many weeks. One obvious explanation is
broken-down infrastructure in a counry that spends most of its money
on wars. However, I find it difficult to accept such an “innocent”
answer in the case of a train full of Republican congressment
colliding with a dump truck.
Amtrak
train breaks apart at 125 mph
A
high-speed Amtrak train bound for Penn Station broke apart as it was
cruising through Maryland on Tuesday, sources told The Post.
6
February, 2018
The
2150 Acela was traveling from Washington, DC, to the Big Apple when
the incident happened at about 6:30 a.m. The train was traveling at
about 125 mph, according to the source.
“Someone
could have been walking through the train when that happened and fell
to their death,” said the source.
Amtrak
officials confirmed the incident and said there were 52 passengers
aboard at the time.
A
photo shows the connector between two coupled trains broken and
separated. Only the air hoses remained connected between the two
cars, which both had passengers in them, said the source.
“There
was a lot of sparking and smoking at the head of the train and a lot
of bouncing around,” the source said.
A
rescue train pulled up next to the crippled Acela and took the
passengers to Philadelphia, where they then got on other trains to
continue on to New York City.
There
were no injuries, said Amtrak officials, who added that they are
investigating the incident.
“We
are currently investigating the cause of the car separation,
inspecting every Acela trainset, and taking any necessary actions to
prevent a reoccurrence,” said Amtrak spokesman Jason Abrams.
The
incident happened just two days after an Amtrak train traveling
through South Carolina slammed into the back of a freight
train, killing
two workers.
And last week, an Amtrak train carrying several members of
Congress slammed
into a garbage truck in Virginia.
Asking questions after the event
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