Feb. 4 (UPI) — A train collision in South Carolina has left at least two people dead and more than 70 injured.
An Amtrak train was traveling south from New York to Miami early Sunday when it collided with a freight train. The collision occurred near Cayce, S.C., just south of Columbia, at 2:35 a.m.
“The lead engine derailed, as well as some passenger cars,” Amtrak reported.
Train 91 was carrying 139 passengers and eight crew.
“It’s unfortunate that we have two fatalities. Our hearts are with those families right now,” Captain Adam Myrick, with the Lexington County Sheriff’s Office, told reporters early Sunday.
