(Source: Railway Age, June 28, 2022)
NEW YORK — Amtrak’s Southwest Chief train 4 traveling eastbound from Los Angeles to Chicago on June 27 derailed after striking a dump truck that was obstructing a public grade crossing in Missouri. Four people died as a result of the accident; the Missouri State Highway Patrol reported that 150 people were taken to 10 area hospitals for treatment of injuries ranging “from minor to serious in nature.” National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Chair Jennifer Homendy in a June 28 media briefing said the agency was focused on the grade crossing, the approach to the grade crossing and survivability after an accident. In another media briefing on June 29, Homendy reported that train 4 was traveling at 89 mph “when the horn blew, which was a quarter-mile out from the crossing,” and at 87 mph at the time of impact. The area speed limit: 90 mph.
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