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    1. Safety & Security

    VA: NTSB Releases Preliminary Report on Crash Between Amtrak Train Carrying GOP Leaders and Trash Truck

    Feb. 22, 2018
    The driver of a trash truck appears to have maneuvered around rail crossing safety gates and onto the tracks, putting him and his two passengers into the path of an Amtrak train carrying GOP leaders, federal safety officials said in a preliminary report r

    Source The Washington Post

    The driver of a trash truck appears to have maneuvered around rail crossing safety gates and onto the tracks, putting him and his two passengers into the path of an Amtrak train carrying GOP leaders, federal safety officials said in a preliminary report released Wednesday.

    One person, a passenger riding in the truck, was killed in the collision in Crozet, Va., and several others were injured in the Jan. 31 incident.

    Investigators with the National Transportation Safety Board said the train was traveling about 61 mph when the engineer hit the emergency brake. The train struck the left rear of the trash truck, causing it to spin counterclockwise and hit a railroad signal bungalow. Two passengers were ejected from the truck, which came apart, leaving a field of debris.

    Read the complete article at https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/dr-gridlock/wp/2018/02/21/ntsb-releases-preliminary-report-on-crash-between-amtrak-train-carrying-gop-leaders-and-trash-truck/?utm_term=.61419d5c0f24