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SEPTA Train Derails After More Than Two Dozen Board, Suspending Trenton Services: Reports SEPTA Train Derails After More Than Two Dozen Board, Suspending Trenton Services: Reports
SEPTA Train Derails After More Than Two Dozen Board, Suspending Trenton Services: Reports A SEPTA train with more than two dozen passengers derailed and suspended transportation services in Trenton on Wednesday, Sept. 28, reports say. The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority train had just departed from the Trenton Transportation Center and was traveling slowly when it derailed not long after 11 a.m., NJ.com reported citing company spokesperson Andrew Busch. A photo from Fox29 showed at least two of the train cars off their tracks. No injuries had been reported. While most SEPTA services in Trenton remained suspended in both directions as a result of equipment i…

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by Valerie Musson
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Ex-Amtrak Engineer Cleared In Deadly Philadelphia Train Derailment Ex-Amtrak Engineer Cleared In Deadly Philadelphia Train Derailment
Ex-Amtrak Engineer Cleared In Deadly Philadelphia Train Derailment A former Amtrak engineer has been cleared in a deadly train derailment in Philadelphia in 2015. Brandon Bostian's train was going 106 mph — more than double the speed limit on the tracks — on an S-curve when he slammed on the brakes in Frankford Junction in May 2015. The train, headed to Washington D.C. from New York City, jumped the tracks, killing eight people and sending 185 to the hospital. Federal officials said Bostian lost "situational awareness" and briefly thought he was past the S-curve and on a straightaway.  Bostian's lawyer during the trial described him as a l…

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by Nicole Acosta