Monday, July 21, 2008

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An Amtrak train derailment in southern Iowa left one person dead and another 90 people injured, but officials say it came very being much, much worse.
Amtrak's Number Five from Chicago was en route to Emeryville, Calif., near Oakland, when the accident occurred in in a remote area of southern Iowa late Saturday night.The California Zephyr passenger train was traveling about 50 mph at the time, but it was scheduled to be doing nearly 80 mph along that section of track. The engineer had slowed because of trouble with the whistle system at rail crossings. The derailment occurred near Nodaway, Iowa, a small, rural town approximately 70 miles from the train's next stop in Omaha, Neb. It is possible that as many as nine cars came off the tracks. One of the train's cars was found turned upside down, according to Larry Drew, police chief of Corning, Iowa.The train was carrying 195 passengers and 15 crewmembers.

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