Train That Derailed Was Speeding, Official Says
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A commuter train was going almost 60 mph above the speed limit just before it derailed near downtown Chicago, killing two people and injuring dozens, the acting chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board said.
Mark Rosenker said the Metra train was traveling 69 mph and should not have been going faster than 10 mph when it switched tracks at a crossover and jumped the tracks Saturday.
The speed information came from a preliminary reading of one of the train’s three electronic data recorders, Rosenker said.
Investigators have determined that nothing was abnormal with the tracks, he said.
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