On May 12, 2015, an Amtrak Northeast Regional train from Washington, D.C. bound for New York City derailed and wrecked on the Northeast Corridor near the Kensington neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Of the 238 passengers and 5 crew on board, 8 were killed and over 200 were injured, with 11 critically so.

Mar 4, 2022 · The engineer at the controls of an Amtrak train that derailed in Philadelphia in 2015 has been found not guilty on all charges related to the crash that killed eight and injured more than 150...

May 13, 2015 · PHILADELPHIA — A New York City-bound Amtrak train derailed in Philadelphia on Tuesday, overturning and mangling the cars and flinging passengers and luggage around inside. At least six people...

Abstract: At 9:21 p.m. eastern daylight time on May 12, 2015, eastbound Amtrak passenger train 188 derailed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with 245 passengers and 8 Amtrak employees on board. The train had just entered the Frankford Junction curve—where the speed is restricted to 50 mph—at 106 mph.

Feb 23, 2022 · Nearly seven years after a high-speed Amtrak train derailment killed eight people and left more than 200 injured in Philadelphia, the train’s engineer will face a jury for his role in the...

Mar 4, 2022 · An Amtrak engineer was cleared of charges related to a deadly, high-speed derailment that left eight people dead and hundreds injured in Philadelphia in 2015.

We determined that the probable cause of the accident was the engineer’s acceleration to 106 mph as he entered a curve with a 50 mph speed restriction, due to his loss of situational awareness likely because his attention was diverted to an emergency situation with another train.

May 15, 2015 · Passenger Madison Calvert was aboard an Amtrak Acela train from New York to Philadelphia when he heard a “loud thud” that left part of the window next to him cracked in a circular pattern....

May 13, 2015 · PHILADELPHIA — An engineer jammed on the emergency brakes just seconds before Tuesday’s fatal Amtrak derailment, but the train — traveling at 106 miles an hour, more than twice the speed...

Mar 3, 2022 · Nearly seven years after a high-speed Amtrak train derailment killed eight people and left more than 200 injured in Philadelphia, the train’s engineer will face a jury for his role in the...