91 passenger train from New York City to Miami collided with a stationary CSX Transportation freight train in Cayce, South Carolina, just south of the state's capital of Columbia on CSX's Columbia Subdivision.
[3] As a result of the collision, the lead engine and "several cars" of the Amtrak train derailed, killing 2 crew members and injuring 116 of the 147 people on board.
Injured passengers were taken to several local hospitals, but none had life-threatening injuries, according to a Lexington County spokesman.
[2] Pine Ridge Middle School was established as a shelter for non-injured passengers to remain until alternate transportation was arranged.
36 suffered minor damage and was repaired and put back into service now repainted into the YN3B paint scheme.
[7] He later told press that CSX was responsible for the wreck because a switch was lined and locked off the mainline towards the siding.