What the records say
- When
- 12 May 2015
- Kind
- Rail accident
- Coordinates
- 40.00° N, 75.09° W
- Description
- Amtrak train derailment
- Deaths
- 8
- Injured
- 200
2 sources record it
- Wikidata: air, rail, road, mining and industrial accidentsWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “An Amtrak train derails in the Philadelphia neighborhood for Port Richmond, causing cars to roll over and killing at least 8 people and injuring over 200. The…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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