Rock slide triggers Amtrak crash

Upon notification of the derailment Department of Public Safety Commissioner Keith Flynn activated the State Emergency Operations Center to offer assistance and assets to local responders on the scene, officials said. The other six were taken to Central Vermont Medical Center.

A passenger train has derailed in the U.S. state of Vermont, injuring seven people, none seriously, according to officials. When we got off the train, we saw that there was a rockslide.”.

He then heard the train conductor hit the brakes and the train came to a stop, with his auto tipped slightly to the right. A freight train used the track Sunday night and reported no issues, a Vermont Agency of Transportation official said.

It is sending a small team rather than the full-blown effort made for a fatal Amtrak derailment in Philadelphia in May.

“It’s a huge wreck up there”, she said. Four of those hospitalised were released by Monday evening, Amtrak said. He would not comment on the status of that persons injuries pending notification of family.

In a statement, Amtrak said the train derailed “after reportedly striking a rock slide on the tracks”. Like numerous 98 passengers on train 55, the California resident and her friend, Barbara Eslinger, were cruising through the Green Mountains for a picturesque tour and soaking in the scenic views.

Witnesses told WCAX it happened near Route 12A and Bull Run Road.

Four people were hospitalized after the southbound train flew off the tracks and into a ditch 10 miles south of the state capital Montpelier at 10am.

“I was asleep on the train when it derailed.

Five cars jumped the tracks, including the locomotive and lead passenger auto, which fell into a brook.

Passengers helped others after the crash.

In this photo provided by Brian Bell, one of the cars of an Amtrak… Five cars in total derailed.

Lawrence Seiler of St. Albans, VT, said he and his wife have special needs, and it was hard moving from a train to a bus.

Those passengers who weren’t injured will be taken by school bus to Norwich University, where they will be given food and temporary housing.

Before the conference, Shumlin met and chatted with passengers. Shumlin said it did not appear the driver could have done anything to avoid the collision.