Two people died after an Amtrak train collided with a freight train…
An Amtrak train collided with a freight train in South Carolina, killing 2 people and wounding at least 100, according to multiple news sources.
Amtrak number 91 was traveling from New York to Miami with 147 passengers on board.
The accident happened around 2:30 a.m. in Cayce, South Carolina.
Lexington County spokesman Harrison Cahill said injured passengers were taken to local hospitals.
The two people killed were Amtrak personnel, South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster said in a press conference.
Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher released the names of the deceased on Sunday afternoon.
Michael Kempf, a 54-year-old train engineer from Savannah, Georgia, and 36-year-old conductor, Michael Cella, of Orange Park, Florida.
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