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Amtrak Train May Have Been Struck Before It Derailed, Officials Say
New Yoirk Times ^ | May 15, 2015 | DAVE PHILIPPS and EMMA G. FITZSIMMONS

Posted on 05/15/2015 4:20:44 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey

PHILADELPHIA — An assistant conductor on the Amtrak train that derailed on Tuesday believes she heard the engineer tell another regional train operator in a radio transmission that the train had been struck by something just before the accident, according to the National Transportation Safety Board.

At a news conference on Friday, Robert L. Sumwalt, the safety board official who is leading the investigation, said the F.B.I. had been asked to examine what he described as a fist-size impact area found on the lower left side of the train’s windshield. Officials said that the F.B.I. had been called in because it has the forensics expertise needed for the investigation, but that it had not yet begun its analysis.

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: amtrak; amtrakinvestigation; derailment; philadelphia; train; trainwreck
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To: MeshugeMikey

The NY Times will stop at nothing and spare no expense to exonerate the conductor.... for one reason. Because he is gay.


21 posted on 05/15/2015 4:28:31 PM PDT by NJRighty ("It's sick out there and getting sicker" - Bob Grant)
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To: Secret Agent Man

they are so guilt ridden...that they FEEL they must protect the guilty party from a shipload of MICROAGRESSIONS


22 posted on 05/15/2015 4:29:12 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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To: soycd

I don’t think that is correct.


23 posted on 05/15/2015 4:29:25 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: NJRighty

and stupid let us not fr a momemt forget stupid

Gay AND Stupid...a very deadly combo indeed


24 posted on 05/15/2015 4:30:15 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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To: magua

Now he’ll say he was running from something to protect the passengers. Just watch.


25 posted on 05/15/2015 4:30:30 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear (The White House is now known as "Casa Blanca".)
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To: Alberta's Child

The media will blame Republicans for not preventing projectiles from hitting windshields


26 posted on 05/15/2015 4:31:29 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: Alberta's Child

If I thought someone was shooting at me, I think I may try to move along a little faster.


27 posted on 05/15/2015 4:31:33 PM PDT by Jolla
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To: SpaceBar

In before

“But it was aliens”


28 posted on 05/15/2015 4:31:39 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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To: MeshugeMikey

Carlos Danger JR was doing selfies while pleasuring himself and AMTRAC needs an out... they are seeing what will stick.

Hillary is taking notes

TT


29 posted on 05/15/2015 4:31:47 PM PDT by TexasTransplant (Idiocracy used to just be a Movie... Live every day as your last...one day you will be right)
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To: MeshugeMikey

Doesn’t explain why the train accelerated to 106 mph right before the curve, does it?


30 posted on 05/15/2015 4:31:55 PM PDT by Sir Napsalot (Pravda + Useful Idiots = CCCP; JournOList + Useful Idiots = DopeyChangey!)
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To: left that other site

big ..black and SCAREY... lookin!! with lotsa those rounds thingies


31 posted on 05/15/2015 4:32:24 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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To: Alberta's Child

D’oh! I should have read your comment first.

/hang my head


32 posted on 05/15/2015 4:32:46 PM PDT by Sir Napsalot (Pravda + Useful Idiots = CCCP; JournOList + Useful Idiots = DopeyChangey!)
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To: NJRighty

The way they talk about the Engineer on CNN you would think they want him to run for President..hey he might even have a chance of winning..CNN and other media loons have already turned him into a hero..of course if he were a Tea Party member the headline would be “Tea Party Extremist Kills 8 in Train Derailment”


33 posted on 05/15/2015 4:32:51 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: Sir Napsalot

It most certainly does not. If the “projectile” had hit the “engineer” would he have been capable while going into shock...of accidently mishandling the throttle? Id think he would have released his grip on the throttle.


34 posted on 05/15/2015 4:34:39 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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To: Secret Agent Man
The train was going over twice the speed the curve in that part of the track was designed to handle. It was going to derail regardless if something hit the train first. Very true, but the low information readership of the Slimes will eat it up. We can't have people focusing on the fact that the engineer is gay/mentally unbalanced.
35 posted on 05/15/2015 4:37:39 PM PDT by rdl6989
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To: MeshugeMikey
Rocks, bullet strikes, or something else?


36 posted on 05/15/2015 4:37:54 PM PDT by CedarDave (Bush vs. Clinton in 2016? If you have a 24-year old car, the bumper stickers are still good!)
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To: MeshugeMikey

This alleged story could backfire on them. If the engineer allegedly reported the alleged impact, we know said impact did not incapacitate him.


37 posted on 05/15/2015 4:38:59 PM PDT by matt1234
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To: MeshugeMikey

Capital B and S!


38 posted on 05/15/2015 4:41:06 PM PDT by US_MilitaryRules (The last suit you wear has no pockets!)
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To: Alberta's Child

Kids throw crap at trains all the time.


39 posted on 05/15/2015 4:41:54 PM PDT by cripplecreek ("For by wise guidance you can wage your war")
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To: MeshugeMikey

Let’s see. If you or I were doing 150 in a 70 mph zone and a rock kicked up into the windshield, who would take the blame?


40 posted on 05/15/2015 4:42:21 PM PDT by Ingtar (Capitulation is the enemy of Liberty, or so the recent past has shown.)
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