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Amtrak Train Derails In Philadelphia

Posted by Soulskill on from the stay-safe-out-there dept.

An anonymous reader writes: An Amtrak train has derailed in Philadelphia, injuring at least 50 of the roughly 240 people on board. The train was on its way from Washington D.C. to New York City when it derailed around 9:20pm local time. Former congressman Patrick Murphy, who was aboard the train, said, "It wobbled at first and then went off the tracks. There were some pretty banged-up people. One guy next to me was passed out. We kicked out the window in the top of the train car and helped get everyone out."

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  1. relevance? by frovingslosh · · Score: -1, Troll

    I see we are no longer even pretending that Slashdot is for stories of interest to it's target group. Why assume that geeks can't follow Google news or any other Internet news source if they have an interest in non-technical news?

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    I'm an American. I love this country and the freedoms that we used to have.
  2. Re:amtrak by FranTaylor · · Score: -1, Troll

    so in other words your entire comment is nothing more than lies and ignorance

  3. Re:Bummer by cheesybagel · · Score: -1, Troll

    This kind of 'American Exceptionalism' just keeps sounding to me like a permanent excuse for being lazy and doing a whole bunch of nothing.

    It is the Repubtard version of Niggaz shouldn't 'act white' and work and study hard.