Factbox: Deadly U.S. passenger train crashes in recent years

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At least three people died on Saturday after an Amtrak passenger train derailed in north central Montana, an official at a local sheriff's office said.

Feb. 4, 2018: An Amtrak passenger train that was diverted onto a side track slammed into a parked freight train in South Carolina, killing two crew members and injuring at least 116 others.

Dec. 18, 2017: An Amtrak train derailed as it took a corner on a new stretch of track in Washington state at more than twice the speed limit, sending passenger cars tumbling from a bridge and killing three people. Nearly 100 people suffered injuries, most of them minor. April 3, 2016: An Amtrak train traveling from New York hit a backhoe performing maintenance on the tracks in Chester, Pennsylvania, a Philadelphia suburb, killing the two men working with the construction equipment and sending 41 to hospitals.

 

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民运这会不得出来洗地?虽然火车因为年久失修脱轨、碰撞啥的,但是换个角度来讲这不体现了其它交通运输发达么?不得说美国的高速公路多发达?不得说美国飞机多便宜?不得说美国汽油多便宜?

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