Early on Sunday morning, passenger train number 91, the , bound for from , slammed into a stationary freight train in , about ten (16 ) south of , capital of the US state of . Two Amtrak employees were killed and at least 116 were injured, some seriously. An Amtrak Silver Star locomotive, photographed in 2012 The two killed were 54-year-old engineer Michael Kempf of , , and 36-year-old conductor Michael Cella of , . , chairman of the , told a press conference the passenger train had been diverted into a siding by a left "literally locked, with a padlock" in that position.
Early on Sunday morning, passenger train number 91, the , bound for from , slammed into a stationary freight train in , about ten (16 ) south of , capital of the US state of . Two Amtrak employees were killed and at least 116 were injured, some seriously. File photo of an Amtrak Silver Star locomotive, 2012. The two killed were 54-year-old engineer Michael Kempf of , , and 36-year-old conductor Michael Cella of , . , chairman of the , told a press conference the passenger train had been diverted into a siding by a left "literally locked, with a padlock" in that position.
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