Train Speeding News Today

Have the opportunity to prevent an attack they will summon the courage to do it. >> this could have gone the other way and could have been a big carnage there, no doubt about that. this all started on friday there in europe. high-speed train speeding from amsterdam to paris, france. these three americans were in europe to visit friends. they say they were sitting on that train when they noticed a train conductor running through that carriage and behind him was a man shirtless with a rifle over h...

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Many things were looking at right now. we interviewed the amtrak, well, lets see, we interviewed the dispatchers and listened to the dispatch tape and we heard no communications at all from the amtrak engineer to the dispatch center to say that something had struck his train. >> nothing at all. >> nothing at all that he reported to the dispatch center. >> now, whether or not that led to the train speeding up to 106 miles per hour we dont know. but the federal railroad administration has ordered ...

Federal railroad administration and youre the acting administrator. >> we need to know how the accident happened and how we can prevent it in the future. >> thats the most important thing is safety. its our only mission and its the most important thing we do and well be determining how the accident happened. how to stop it from happening in the future in the meantime is there anything we can do to make sure that rail passengers are safe. even before we have a determination of this accident. for ...

Ahead of qualifying for the indy 500. a little shaken up but he wasnt hurt. in fact, he was behind the wheel later that day. those are some of our top stories on this wednesday, may 14th. >> from abc news, this is "world news now." >> and we begin with the latest on the amtrak crash in philadelphia. that train speeding down the rails at more than 100 miles an hour. >> investigators are saying the engineer should have been going half that speed when it derailed. seven people killed. he claims tho...

The train was traveling at approximately 106 miles per hour. >> more than twice the posted speed limit as it entered the curve. >> surveillance video shows the train speeding by and then three distinct flashes of light. >> were learning more about that train engineer brandon bostian. he has handed over his cell phone and provided a blood sample. >> some of amtraks equipment has been described as antique. >> deferred maintenance and lack of attention really makes it almost a third world operation...

Spain reeling from one of the worst train crashes on the continent ever, certainly the last 60 years or so in spain. you got 80 passengers now confirmed dead after a train derailed. you had carriages snapped in half. >> security footage shows the train speeding around the bend, then look at that, unbelievable, puff of smoke, really a cloud of smoke flies off the tracks onto its side, slams into a concrete wall, absolutely tragic. >> translator: we heard a huge explosion. there were lots of peopl...

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Department at least stands on this issue. thank you. the news nation is following developing news in spain where investigators say excessive speed likely caused a deadly train derailment caught on tape. now, the driver, the conductor of the train is right now under investigation after this footage from a security camera showed the train speeding around a tight curve. now, spains newspaper cited sources close to the investigation saying immediately after the crash, the driver said he had been t...