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               Amtrak Train Derails Near Philadelphia Killing Two

   by VOA News

   Two people were killed and 35 others injured when an Amtrak train
   derailed early Sunday in Pennsylvania, prompting officials to shut down
   service along a busy stretch of the northeast corridor.

   Chester Fire Commissioner Travis Thomas said the two killed were not
   passengers aboard the train.

   Amtrak officials says none of the 35 passengers being treated have life
   threatening injuries.

   News reports say the train was travelling from New York to Savannah,
   Georgia, when it struck a backhoe on the tracks, just outside of
   Philadelphia at 8 a.m., killing two construction workers.

   The accident caused the lead engine to derail.  The train was carrying
   some 350 passengers and crew at the time.

   Amtrak said it was temporarily suspending train service on the
   Northeast Corridor between Wilmington, Delaware and  Philadelphia,
   Pennsylvania.

   Officials from the National Transportation Safety Board and the Federal
   Railroad Administration are investigating the incident.

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