Train in Philadelphia surpassed 100 mph on 50-mph curve, officials say

Train in Philadelphia surpassed 100 mph on 50-mph curve, officials say

PHILADELPHIA — The Amtrak train that crashed in Philadelphia, killing at least seven people, was hurtling at more than 100 mph before it ran off the rails along a sharp curve where the speed limit is just 50 mph, federal investigators said Wednesday. The engineer at the controls refused to give a statement to authorities and left a police precinct with a lawyer, police said. More than 200 people were injured in the derailment that plunged screaming passengers into darkness and chaos Tuesday night. It was the nation’s deadliest train accident in nearly seven years.

http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/national_world/2015/05/13/0513-philadelphia-train-folo.html