# Florida Train Crash

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-train-crash/104424>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 19, 2002, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-train-crash/104424 "2002-04-19T00:25:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2002, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-train-crash/104424/1 "2002-04-19T00:25:34Z")

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From a BBC News [article](http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/americas/newsid_1938000/1938557.stm):

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> An Amtrak train has been derailed in the US state of Florida, killing at least three people on board.  
> Another 70 are reported trapped in the wreckage, after 10 carriages came off the rails as the train passed along a thickly wooded stretch of track.
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> It was travelling from Orlando to Washington DC, carrying 427 passengers.
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> Officials said that a total of 153 people are injured.

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**Author:** ![galen\_ubal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galen_ubal/32/4440_2.png) [@galen\_ubal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/galen_ubal)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2002, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-train-crash/104424/2 "2002-04-19T00:28:16Z")

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Damn. I love travelling by train, but this sort of thing makes me nervous.

I wonder where it was, exactly?

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**Author:** ![The\_Wrong\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b782af/32.png) [@The\_Wrong\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Wrong_Girl)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2002, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-train-crash/104424/3 "2002-04-19T00:28:36Z")

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How awful. What a terrible news day this has been–first the plane in Milan, and now this.

Makes my already bad and depressed mood even worse. ☹

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**Author:** ![galen\_ubal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galen_ubal/32/4440_2.png) [@galen\_ubal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/galen_ubal)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2002, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-train-crash/104424/4 "2002-04-19T00:29:41Z")

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Ah. Crescent City, south of Jax: [http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncid=578&e=1&cid=578&u=/nm/20020418/ts\_nm/crash\_amtrak\_dc\_2](http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncid=578&e=1&cid=578&u=/nm/20020418/ts_nm/crash_amtrak_dc_2)

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**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21825_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2002, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-train-crash/104424/5 "2002-04-19T00:34:48Z")

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Creepy - my husband was in Sanford today and he saw this train being loaded…

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**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21825_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2002, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-train-crash/104424/6 "2002-04-19T00:39:11Z")

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Just saw it on local news - 6 confirmed dead, 20 critical injuries, the video was scary - cars all over the place. very sad…