Amtrak Crash 15 Years Ago

On September 22, 1993, an Amtrak passenger train traveling from Los Angeles to Miami derailed on a bridge 10 miles north of Mobile and plunged into the bayou below.

Federal investigators believed the accident was due to the weakening of the bridge's supports by a barge that had crashed into it shortly before the train reached the overpass.

47 passengers and crew were killed when four of the train's eight cars fell into the murky water.

Simultaneously fire broke out on the bridge above, engulfing the cars remaining on the tracks. 163 passengers and crew survived, surprisingly
sustaining no major injuries.

It's the deadliest crash in Amtrak's 37 year history.

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[SUBWAY125]

@NS9647 The engines got scared by Sir Topham Hatt and got sent to the island of sodor

[330bossman]

if you ask me... i think its creepy seeing those body bags

[unionpacific13]

what happens on the bridge?

[ooperj]

happy happy alligators....yum!

[jerryalanleonard]

a small towboat with 4 barges got lost in the fog and went up the wrong waterway....he was out of the channel....and did not know how to read the radar,the boat's name was the "mavilla" belonging to wgn transportation....the boat struck the bridge 4HOURS before the crash and was scared to report it....NO JOKE!!!.....the pilot had taken the test to operate a vessell failed the test 14 times

[RRboyLEGOboy]

30 people died in the crash

[4033hannah]

and omg

wow

[4033hannah]

that is so scary wow is this true tell me please ok my cusine is going to that boat i wish that dosent happen to them

[jozsefkacsa]

Hm only 210 Passengers and crew all together it must have been a half empty run

[wampaAWESOMEsauce]

@grimmss1 in this case a boat hit the bridge er something like that

[wampaAWESOMEsauce]

@christiansenfamily dumbass yes read the comments also 47 ppl died

[NorthForkFisherman]

@StarryKid06 Then read the NTSB report. The lead engine P40DC #819 ended up buried nose first in the opposite bank, killing all three crew aboard instantly. The remaining 45 people died either from drowning or from fire/smoke inhalation.