Anthu a 2 aphedwa, 116 anavulala pa ngozi ya sitima ya South Carolina

Anthu awiri aphedwa ndipo 116 adagonekedwa m'chipatala pambuyo poti sitima yapamtunda itagunda ndi sitima yonyamula katundu ku South Carolina.

Sitima yapamtunda ya Amtrak, yomwe inkagwira ntchito pakati pa New England ndi Florida, inali ndi anthu 139 ndi ogwira nawo ntchito asanu ndi atatu. Awiriwa omwe amwalira ndi onse ogwira ntchito ku Amtrak.

Izi zidachitika cha m'ma 2:35am nthawi yaku Cayce, South Carolina. Kampani ya njanji inanena kuti injini yotsogolera ndi ena mwa magalimoto onyamula anthu atuluka m'njanji.

Pamsonkano wa atolankhani cha m'ma 10.30:XNUMXam nthawi yakomweko, Bwanamkubwa waku South Carolina Henry McMaster adawulula kuti sitima yonyamula katundu idayima panjanji pomwe sitima ya Amtrak idagunda. "Zikuwoneka kuti sitima ya Amtrak inali panjira yolakwika. Umu ndi momwe zimawonekera kwa ine koma ndingopita kwa akatswiri pa izi, ”adatero. National Transportation Safety Board ikufufuza za ngoziyi.

Derek Pettaway anali m’sitimayo pa nthawi ya ngoziyi. Kuchirikiza mabala ang'onoang'ono ndi mikwingwirima, Pettaway adauza RT.com kuti anali atagona panthawi yomwe adakhudzidwa. “Ogwira ntchito m’magalimotowo anali olabadira kwambiri komanso othandiza kwambiri kuti zinthu zisamayende bwino. Oyankha oyamba adawonekera mkati mwa mphindi 10-20 atakhudzidwa, "adatero.

Anthu ovulalawo anawatengera ku zipatala zingapo za m’deralo. "Chipatala chomwe ndilimo chadzaza," adatero Pettaway.

Mneneri wa South Carolina Emergency Management Division m'mbuyomu adawulula kuti kuvulalaku kumayambira ku zipsera zing'onozing'ono ndi zotupa mpaka mafupa osweka.

Ananenanso kuti gulu la zida zoopsa layitanidwa kuti lithane ndi vuto lalikulu lomwe latayika chifukwa cha ngoziyi. Kutayako sikukuyimira chiwopsezo kwa anthu, adatero mneneriyo.

Apaulendo onse adatulutsidwa m'sitimayo pofika 6:30am ndipo okwera omwe sanagonekedwe m'chipatala adatengedwa kupita kumalo olandirira alendo ku Pine Ridge Middle School.

Derali likugwiritsidwa ntchito ndi "odzipereka ophunzitsidwa bwino" ochokera ku Red Cross.

Ichi ndi chochitika chachiwiri cha Amtrak ku US masiku aposachedwa. Lachitatu, sitima yonyamula mamembala a Republican a House of Representatives kupita kumalo osungira malamulo idagwa ku Virginia, ndikupha munthu m'modzi. Mu December, anthu atatu anaphedwa ndipo ena ambiri anavulala pamene sitima ina inadutsa pafupi ndi DuPont, Washington.