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It’s unclear why the backhoe was on the track near Chester, just south of Philadelphia.
The big unanswered questions: Why did the train continue its route from New York to Savannah, Georgia, when Amtrak construction workers may have been on the track? Or why didn’t the construction workers move if a train was coming?
The train was carrying about 341 passengers and seven crew members when it crashed, Amtrak said.
The impact caused the lead engine of the train to derail.
The crash came less than a month after an Amtrak train headed from Chicago to Los Angeles derailed in Kansas, injuring 32 people.
“I rely on Amtrak a lot, and I travel for my job in the Northeast Corridor a lot,” said Hills, who works in the specialty food industry.