U.S. Officials Confirm 6 Dead in Nevada Amtrak Crash

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FOX News:

Nevada officials said Saturday that investigators had confirmed six deaths after a semi-truck slammed into an Amtrak train a day earlier on a rural Nevada highway.

The Churchill County Sheriff's Office said in a release late Saturday that officials were working to confirm the victims' identities and notify family members.

Amtrak's California Zephyr was en route from Chicago to Emeryville, Calif., with some 200 passengers and 14 crew members when the accident occurred late Friday morning about 300 miles east of its destination.

Nevada Highway Patrol Trooper Dan Lopez said that the truck driver and an Amtrak conductor were among the confirmed dead in the crash. About 20 people were injured and able to escape.

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Wasn't alqaeda planning to take out trains?

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"Two truck drivers and a train engineer watched helplessly as a semitrailer skidded the length of a football field before it smashed through crossing gates"

 

Sounds like he tried to stop too late.

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"Two truck drivers and a train engineer watched helplessly as a semitrailer skidded the length of a football field before it smashed through crossing gates"

 

Sounds like he tried to stop too late.

 

If he slid over a hundred yards before hitting the train hard enough to derail it, he was driving WAY too fast. A hundred yards is about the average braking distance for a fully loaded semi at 55-60 mph, this driver had his wheels locked up for a further distance than that, and still had plenty of momentum when he hit the train.