Railroad Accidents North Carolina

An engine pulling freight cars rammed an Amtrak train that was stopped at a station Tuesday, injuring 31 people, officials said. Amtrak's 19-car Silver Meteor, which runs from Florida to New York City, was about to depart with 471 passengers when it was hit by the engine, which was pulling 96 freight cars. Three of the passenger train coaches derailed. Police Capt. Larry Wells said that 31 people were treated at hospitals and were discharged.

An Amtrak train derailed when it struck a truck-trailer that had shifted on a passing freight train early Monday morning, killing the engineer and injuring more than 350 passengers. "We felt a tremendous bump," said Dick Hutchinson of Wilton, Conn. "I started to slide out of my seat under the seat in front of me. Then we felt two more thuds." Hutchinson was among many of the 438 people aboard who suffered minor injuries; he skinned his knees.

An Amtrak train derailed when it struck a truck-trailer that had shifted on a passing freight train early Monday morning, killing the engineer and injuring more than 350 passengers. "We felt a tremendous bump," said Dick Hutchinson of Wilton, Conn. "I started to slide out of my seat under the seat in front of me. Then we felt two more thuds." Hutchinson was among many of the 438 people aboard who suffered minor injuries; he skinned his knees.

An engine pulling freight cars rammed an Amtrak train that was stopped at a station Tuesday, injuring 31 people, officials said. Amtrak's 19-car Silver Meteor, which runs from Florida to New York City, was about to depart with 471 passengers when it was hit by the engine, which was pulling 96 freight cars. Three of the passenger train coaches derailed. Police Capt. Larry Wells said that 31 people were treated at hospitals and were discharged.