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Amtrak employee struck, killed on tracks near Bowie State
Amtrak employee struck, killed on tracks near Bowie State
By John McNamaraContact Reporter
jmcnamara@capgaznews.com
An Amtrak engineering worker was struck and killed by an Amtrak train about a half-mile north of the Bowie State University MARC station Tuesday morning. ... The accident happened near the west end of the university campus.
Crews from Prince George’s County Fire/EMS responded to the call at about 9 a.m., according to Mark Brady, a department spokesman.
The train was taking passengers along Amtrak’s 86 route, part of its Northeast Corridor service. It operates Monday through Friday between Richmond, Virginia, and South Station in Boston.
Trains on the route stop at the New Carrollton station and again at the BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport station, but not at Bowie State.
By John McNamaraContact Reporter
jmcnamara@capgaznews.com
An Amtrak engineering worker was struck and killed by an Amtrak train about a half-mile north of the Bowie State University MARC station Tuesday morning. ... The accident happened near the west end of the university campus.
Crews from Prince George’s County Fire/EMS responded to the call at about 9 a.m., according to Mark Brady, a department spokesman.
The train was taking passengers along Amtrak’s 86 route, part of its Northeast Corridor service. It operates Monday through Friday between Richmond, Virginia, and South Station in Boston.
Trains on the route stop at the New Carrollton station and again at the BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport station, but not at Bowie State.
Amtrak Failed to Observe Speed Warnings Before Fatal Maryland Crash
By Alan Levin | May 1, 2018
Five months ago, in a scathing report on a 2016 accident in which two track workers were killed, U.S. safety investigators urged Amtrak to slow its trains when they pass work crews.
The nation’s passenger rail service didn’t follow the advice and still hasn’t replied to the safety recommendations the National Transportation Safety Board announced in November, according to government records and details released from investigators.
Last week, another Amtrak worker was hit and killed in a similar accident in Bowie, Maryland. The victim was an Amtrak watchman who was helping monitor safety during track work between Baltimore and Washington, when struck April 24 by Train 86. ... The train was traveling at a high rate of speed and there were no work-zone restrictions in place, said NTSB spokesman Peter Knudson.
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Investigators haven’t released any conclusions about last Tuesday’s accident. A southbound Maryland Transit Administration MARC commuter train was approaching the work zone at about the same time as the northbound Amtrak train arrived on a separate track, Knudson said. ... The worker was hit by the Amtrak train and killed. The accident prompted lengthy delays to that train and others.
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Copyright 2018 Bloomberg.
By Alan Levin | May 1, 2018
Five months ago, in a scathing report on a 2016 accident in which two track workers were killed, U.S. safety investigators urged Amtrak to slow its trains when they pass work crews.
The nation’s passenger rail service didn’t follow the advice and still hasn’t replied to the safety recommendations the National Transportation Safety Board announced in November, according to government records and details released from investigators.
Last week, another Amtrak worker was hit and killed in a similar accident in Bowie, Maryland. The victim was an Amtrak watchman who was helping monitor safety during track work between Baltimore and Washington, when struck April 24 by Train 86. ... The train was traveling at a high rate of speed and there were no work-zone restrictions in place, said NTSB spokesman Peter Knudson.
....
Investigators haven’t released any conclusions about last Tuesday’s accident. A southbound Maryland Transit Administration MARC commuter train was approaching the work zone at about the same time as the northbound Amtrak train arrived on a separate track, Knudson said. ... The worker was hit by the Amtrak train and killed. The accident prompted lengthy delays to that train and others.
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Copyright 2018 Bloomberg.