PHILADELPHIA (AP) β U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx says the eight people killed in last week’s train derailment “did not make it to their earthly homes on Tuesday night, but they were called home.”
Foxx was joined by other public officials and clergy Sunday in a service of reflection in Philadelphia. Mayor Michael Nutter asked families of the victims to “please accept our heartfelt prayers and expressions of sympathy.”
Amtrak President Joseph Boardman pledged that the rail service resuming Monday in the Northeast Corridor will be “a safer service.”
Before derailing, the train had accelerated to more than twice the 50 mph speed limit. Federal regulators on Saturday ordered Amtrak to expand use of a speed-control system long in effect for southbound trains near the crash site to northbound trains in the same area. The agency also ordered the company to examine all curves along the Northeast Corridor and determine if more can be done to improve safety.
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213-w-34-(Steve Coleman, AP religion editor, with U.S. Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx and Amtrak President Joseph Boardman)–A service of reflection in the wake of last week’s deadly train derailment has been held in Philadelphia. AP Religion Editor Steve Coleman reports. (17 May 2015)
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