On Thursday evening, an Amtrak train traveling from Boston to Richmond, Virginia struck and killed three individuals near Bristol Station in Pennsylvania. The incident occurred around 6:10 p.m., resulting in the temporary suspension of Amtrak service between New York and Philadelphia.
The three deceased were members of the same family; their identities and the reason for their presence on the tracks remain undisclosed. Bristol Borough Police Chief Joe Moors stated that officers were responding to a call about people on the tracks when the accident occurred.
Amtrak service was suspended for approximately four hours, impacting travel along the Northeast Corridor, the busiest rail line in the country. Delays also affected trains between Penn Station and Washington Union Station. Passengers aboard the Acela train were transferred to nearby stations.
This marks the second fatal Amtrak train strike in Bucks County within a week. On Wednesday, another Amtrak train hit and killed a person near Cornwells Heights Station in Bensalem, Pennsylvania.
Amtrak suspended service for several hours between Penn Station in New York and the main rail station in Philadelphia after one of its trains struck and killed three people in Bristol, Pa., on Thursday.
The train hit three people on the tracks at around 6:10 p.m. near Bristol Station, according to an Amtrak spokeswoman. The train was traveling from Boston to Richmond, Va. There were no reported injuries among the 236 passengers and crew members on the train, the spokeswoman added.
The police were responding to a call around 5:58 p.m. that multiple people were on the train tracks, Bristol Borough Police Chief Joe Moors said. As officers walked up the hill to the tracks, Chief Moors said, they saw the train hit all three people. Bristol is a small community about 20 miles northeast of Philadelphia.
The three people were members of the same family, he said. It is not immediately clear why they were on the track. No further information was released as of Thursday evening.
Train service has resumed at restricted speeds between New York and Philadelphia about four hours after the delays, Amtrak said.
Trains between Penn Station and Washington Union Station were also experiencing delays, and normal operations would resume once the affected area had been cleared, Amtrak said on its website. The suspension effectively halted traffic along the midpoint of the Northeast Corridor, the busiest train line in the country.
Passengers on the Acela high-speed train involved in the incident were moved to nearby train stations, either north to Tullytown or south to Croydon, Chief Moors said at a news conference on Thursday.
This is the second fatal train strike in Bucks County this week. In neighboring Bensalem, Pa., on Wednesday, an Amtrak train traveling from Washington to Boston struck and killed a man near Cornwells Heights Station.
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