South Carolina Amtrak Train Crash Victims (2018)

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 GovernorHenry McMaster said in a press conference.

Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher released the names of the deceased on Sunday afternoon.

Michael Kempf, a54-year-old train engineer from Savannah, Georgia, and36-year-old conductor, Michael Cella, of Orange Park, Florida.

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