Six people were killed and over 140 injured just after 9:00 p.m. yesterday when an Amtrak train derailed in the Port Richmond section of Philadelphia, near Frankford Junction. The train was traveling from Washington to New York. Eight passengers have been reported to be in critical condition.
Read more at NBC10, Philly(dot)com, AOL, Yahoo News and Reuters.
In related news:
From WUIS, a team from NTSB has been sent to investigate.
From Fox News, a New Jersey policeman, who had been riding on the train, did what he could to help his fellow passengers. (via BB4SP)
UPDATE: Also from Fox News, a seventh person has died, and the train's speed has been estimated at over 100 miles per hour, which is twice the speed limit of the section of track where it was traveling.
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