Amtrak safety problem
An Amtrak passenger train derailed Sunday near Columbia, South Carolina, killing two people. Former NTSB chairman and CBS News transportation analyst Mark Rosenker joins "CBS Evening News" to discuss the accident.
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Amtrak derailment
For the third time in less than two months, federal investigators are at the scene of a deadly crash involving an Amtrak train. The latest crash happened Sunday morning in Cayce, South Carolina. The passenger train seems to have plowed into a freight train killing at least two people and injuring more than 100. CBS News' transportation correspondent Kris Van Cleave reports.
Amtrak train collision
CBS News Transportation Correspondent Kris Van Cleave gives an update on the collision between a freight train and an Amtrak passenger train early Sunday morning in South Carolina.
Amtrak crash update
Authorities said the two people killed in an early-morning train collision in South Carolina were Amtrak employees. The train was traveling from New York to Miami and crashed into a freight train near Columbia. Officials, including Gov. Henry McMaster, held a press conference with updates Sunday morning.
Amtrak crash update
A deadly Amtrak crash in South Carolina left two people dead and more than 70 injured. The passenger train was traveling from New York to Miami when it hit a freight train and derailed early Sunday morning. CBS News transportation correspondent Kris Van Cleave joined CBSN by phone with the latest.
Amtrak crash: 2 dead, 70 hurt in South Carolina
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Slick roads in the South
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Officer sentenced in shooting
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