CAYCE, SOUTH CAROLINA — Two people are dead and dozens more injured after an Amtrak collided into a freight train early Sunday — the second deadly Amtrak crash in less than a week.<br /><br />The Washington Post reports that the accident occurred around 2:35 a.m. in Cayce, South Carolina, as Amtrak train 91 was travelling from New York to Miami with 139 passengers and 9 crew members onboard.<br /><br />Freight giant CSX managed tracks in the area, but had dispatchers manually routing trains since signal systems were down. <br /><br />Amtrak 91 was cleared to pass a railroad switch and continue straight down the main line, but the switch was set in the wrong position. Instead of heading straight, the train was diverted into a side track, where it crashed into a stationary freight train.<br /><br />The impact destroyed several freight cars and caused the Amtrak train to derail. Two crew members were killed and 116 passengers wounded in the collision.<br /><br />The National Transportation Safety Board is currently looking into the crash, and will focus its investigation on why the rail switch was lined and locked toward the siding.<br /><br />So far, officials have recovered the front-facing video camera from the Amtrak train, but have been unable to retrieve the event data recorders from either train due to the catastrophic damage.
