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Thu Oct 19, 2017, 02:38 PM Oct 2017

NTSB to Meet on Pennsylvania Rail Accident

NTSB Press Release
National Transportation Safety Board Office of Public Affairs

NTSB to Meet on Pennsylvania Rail Accident

10/17/2017

​WASHINGTON (October 17, 2017) — The National Transportation Safety Board will meet to determine the probable cause of an accident involving an Amtrak passenger train that struck a roadway maintenance machine (backhoe) near Chester, Pennsylvania, on April 3, 2016.

Information on the accident, including the accident docket, can be found at:
https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/Pages/2016_chester_pa.aspx

WHEN: Tuesday, November 14, 2017, at 9:30 a.m. ET

WHERE: NTSB Board Room and Conference Center, 429 L’Enfant Plaza SW, Washington, District of Columbia

WHO: NTSB Board members and investigative staff from the Office of Railroad, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Investigations.

LIVE WEBCAST: A link to the webcast will be available shortly before the start of the meeting at http://ntsb.capitolconnection.org/
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