WASHINGTON, Oct 31 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Three people were killed and another was injured early yesterday, after an Amtrak train hit a vehicle at a railroad crossing, in the U.S. state of South Carolina, local media reported, citing fire authorities.
The North Charleston Fire Department received a call just before 2:30 a.m. ET, about the incident at the Remount Road railroad crossing in North Charleston, where four people were located near a heavily damaged vehicle, according to media reports. Three of them were pronounced dead at the scene and the fourth was sent to a local hospital.
The Amtrak train, which was carrying about 500 passengers at the time of the collision, made an emergency stop after it hit the vehicle, according to a statement by the fire department, cited by the reports. No injuries were reported from the passengers, and damage to the train was being assessed by Amtrak.
The cause of the incident was under investigation.
An Amtrak train derailed in late Sept in northern Montana, while en route from Chicago to Seattle, killing three people and leaving seven others hospitalised.– NNN-AGENCIES
