What is 2015 Philadelphia train derailment?
[[File:NTSB 2015 Philadelphia train derailment 3.jpg|thumb|[[NTSB]] workers look at the train]] The '''2015 Philadelphia train derailment''' happened on May 12, 2015. An [[Amtrak]] ''Northeast Regional'' train derailed in the Port Richmond area of [[Philadelphia]], Pennsylvania. Amtrak ''Northeast Regional'' No. 188 was on its way from [[Washington, D.C.]] to [[New York City]]. It derailed at 9:23 pm. The train went off the track. Some cars fell onto their sides. The accident killed eight people and injured more than 200 people.<ref>{{cite web|title=6 Killed When Amtrak Train Derails|publisher=MSN|url=http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/amtrak-train-derails-killing-6-people-investigation-begins/ar-BBjHvLi|access-date=May 13, 2015}}</ref> == Investigation == The [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] (FBI) said that there were no signs which suggested that the derailment was related to [[terrorism]]. A team from the [[National Transportation Safety Board]] (NTSB) also investigated. The driver of the train, Amtrak engineer Brandon Bostian, suffered wounds to the legs and head, including a [[concussion]], and was said to be unable to remember the incident.<ref name=NYTBostian>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/15/us/philadelphia-amtrak-train-crash.html|title=Brandon Bostian Agrees to Talk About Amtrak Derailment But May Recall Little|work=[[New York Times]]|date=May 14, 2015|access-date=May 14, 2015|author=Sheryl Gay Stolberg, Matt Flegenheimer, and Richard Pérez-Peña}}</ref><ref name=NYTBostianChildhood>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/15/us/amtrak-derailment-philadelphia-engineer-brandon-bostian.html|title=For Amtrak Engineer Brandon Bostian, Childhood Passion Became A Career|author=Dave Philipps and Emma G. Fitzsimmons|work=[[New York Times]]|date=May 14, 2015|access-date=May 14, 2015}}</ref> ==References== <references/> {{DEFAULTSORT:Phliadelphia train derailment, 2015}} [[Category:2015 disasters]] [[Category:2015 in the United States]] [[Category:2010s disasters in the United States]