Train Sped Before It Derailed, NTSB Says
Associated Press
PALATKA, Fla. —
An Amtrak passenger train was traveling more than 40 m.p.h. above the speed limit when it derailed last month, injuring 55 people, the National Transportation Safety Board said Friday.
The Silver Meteor was traveling 72.1 m.p.h. when it jumped the tracks on a 30 m.p.h. curve north of downtown Palatka on Dec. 17, said Alan Pollock, an NTSB spokesman in Washington.
The train, carrying 170 passengers and a crew of 16, was headed from New York to Tampa when it derailed.
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