Watch FIFA World Cup 2026™

LIVE, FREE and EXCLUSIVE

Two dead, more than 100 injured after US Amtrak train accident.

Amtrak train 91 en route to Miami derailed in Cayce after colliding with a freight train.

Source: AAP

Two people have died and more than 110 people have been injured after a passenger train smashed into a freight train and derailed in Columbia, South Carolina in the United States.

The collision happened at 2:45am on Sunday local time with all 148 passengers and crew removed from the Amtrak 91 train, which was operating from New York to Miami.

The Governer South Carolina Henry Mcmaster says experts believe the Amtrak train was on the wrong track.


1 min read

Published

By Madhura Seneviratne

Source: SBS News




Share this with family and friends


Follow SBS Sinhala

Download our apps

Listen to our podcasts

Get the latest with our exclusive in-language podcasts on your favourite podcast apps.

Watch on SBS

SBS World News

Take a global view with Australia's most comprehensive world news service

Watch now