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COINCIDENCE?? S Carolina Amtrak Train Crash Leaves 2 Dead, Nearly 90 Hurt Video
A crash between an Amtrak passenger train and a CSX freight train near South Carolina's capital killed two people and injured nearly 90 early Sunday, authorities said. It was the third deadly wreck involving Amtrak in less than two months.
Amtrak's Silver Star was on its way from New York to Miami with eight crew members and about 140 passengers when the crash happened around 2:45 a.m. near Cayce, authorities said.
Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher said the two people killed were on the Amtrak train.
There was no immediate word on the cause of the wreck. The National Transportation Safety Board sent investigators.
The crash happened by a rail yard about 10 miles (16 kilometers) south of Columbia, where several track spurs split off for freight cars to be unloaded. Authorities said they haven't determined if both trains were moving at the time.
The Amtrak train's lead engine and some of the passenger cars derailed, Amtrak said. TV footage showed the locomotive on its side, its front crumpled.
At least 89 people were taken to hospitals, and three were admitted, hospital officials said.