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The 2015 Halifax train crash was a derailment of an Amtrak passenger train in Halifax, North Carolina, which occurred on March 9, 2015 when a truck carrying an oversize load obstructed the line on a grade crossing and was struck by the train. ==Accident== At approximately 12:19 p.m., Eastern Standard Time, an Amtrak passenger train collided with a truck, which was obstructing the track on a grade crossing in Halifax, North Carolina.〔 The train was the northbound ''Carolinian'', from Charlotte, North Carolina to New York. There were 221 people on the train; 213 passengers and 8 crew members. Fifty-five people were injured in the accident. The locomotive and baggage car left the track when it struck the truck, which was hauling electrical equipment. GE P42DC locomotive #185 was hauling the train. The locomotive was turned on its side by the force of the accident, and one end of the baggage car was pushed into a brush-covered area next to the railroad right of way. The engineer was among those injured.〔 The truck, an oversize load carrying a power distribution center to New Jersey, had a combined weight of 255,000 pounds, equaling . The truck was being escorted by officers of the North Carolina State Highway Patrol. The truck driver was having trouble negotiating a turn, and spent eight minutes backing up and moving forward repeatedly in an attempt to complete the turn at the correct angle. As the Amtrak train approached, the driver realized he could not clear the track in time, and exited the vehicle. The truck driver was uninjured. The truck's driver, 43-year-old John Devin Black of Claremont, North Carolina, had a valid commercial drivers license, which allowed him to haul the oversize load. Black had a history of 12 traffic violations prior to the accident, including excessive speed, and driving more than once using a revoked license. The day after the derailment, authorities stated that no charges will be filed against Black in relation to this accident. At the time of the accident, the train was headed for New York City from Charlotte, North Carolina. A witness told a 9-1-1 operator that she did not hear a train horn, but that the railroad crossing lights were working at the site of the accident. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「2015 Halifax train crash」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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