Two CSX Workers Killed by Amtrak Train -- Update
June 28 2017 - 11:29AM
Dow Jones News
By Scott Calvert and Ted Mann
Two CSX Corp. workers died late Tuesday when they were struck by
an Amtrak train in Washington, officials said.
The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the
incident, which occurred north of Union Station.
Amtrak service between Washington and Philadelphia resumed
Wednesday morning. But the national passenger railroad said trains
will be operating at restricted speeds and that customers can
expect delays.
The two workers were hit after 11:00 p.m. near the intersection
of Ninth Street and New York Avenue NE, a CSX spokesman said. The
railroad didn't immediately release their names or other
details.
A statement from Amtrak said the incident involved Train 175
from Boston and New York. There were no injuries to the train's
crew or the 121 passengers, Amtrak said.
The men struck and killed were members of the train crew of a
CSX train, a conductor and a trainee, according to a railroad union
official briefed on the incident. The men were believed to have
stepped off the CSX train to respond to a device called a "hot box
detector," which sits alongside the tracks and detects overheating
of a train car's axle, the official said.
The official said the two men were believed to be outside the
train, responding to a signal from the hot box detector, when the
southbound Amtrak train passed by on an adjacent track, striking
and killing them.
Write to Scott Calvert at scott.calvert@wsj.com and Ted Mann at
ted.mann@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
June 28, 2017 11:14 ET (15:14 GMT)
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