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Causing it to smash into the stationary freight train. the engineer and conductor were the two killed. we have kaylee hartung in cayce, south carolina with the latest. >> reporter: the chairman of the ntsb diagrammed the mistake that led to the crash. he explained a switch on the track was locked with the padlock in the wrong direction. diverting the passenger train from the main track on the side track and squak lsquarely into freight train. ntsb investigators have to figure out why the switch was locked in the wrong position when trains like train 91 travel along the path every day. this is ...

Angie's boom chicka pop whole grain popcorn. boom! >> amtrak is blaming a freight train operator for causing the deadly crash on sunday after the passenger train was diverted onto a side track. amtrak train slammed into the parked freight train killing two people and injuring more than 100. kayla hartung is in south carolina with the latest on what they have learned. what are they learned kaylee? >> reporter: a train was lined and locked. it diverted the amtrak off the main track and onto a side track, colliding it squarely with the parked freight train. investigators want to know why, how cou...

Of the installation of ptc will be something that's very important for us to find out. but to be clear ptc is designed to prevent this type of accident. >> today ntsb investigators plan to interview surviving members of the amtrak crew while memories are still fresh. they've recovered a forward facing video recorder from the train that could give clues to the train's speed before impact. the ntsb is trying to determine why a track switch was locked in the wrong position sending the train onto a side track where an empty csx freight train was parked. >> it just derailed. i don't remember much a...

Learning why that switch was lined that way. because the expectation, of course, is that the amtrak would be cleared and would be operating straight down like this. >> instead the passenger train was diverted to a side track where he crashed into a parked freight train. two were killed, more than 100 passengers were injured. >> there were bodies everywhere. the seats came up off the floor. glass came out all over the train. just bodies laying everywhere on top of one another. >> about half a dozen patients were admitted to the hospital. the others were treated and released. >> eric: so sad. jo...

Passenger train barreling down the wrong track and into a parked freight train. jonathan serrie is on the scene and west columbia, south carolina. >> third fatal train crash in as many months leaves two dead. investigators gather evidence at the side of the amtrak crash in south canada. >> the event data recorder from the amtrak locomotive was recovered and it was undamaged. it has been successfully downloaded. >> ntsb officials say a switch diverted amtrak train 91 from the mainline to a side track where it struck a parked csx freight train around 245 sunday morning. >> bodies everywhere. sea...