Investigators looking into the deadly Amtrak train crash in Missouri that killed four people are not concerned with mechanical issues, officials said
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Investigators with the National Transportation Safety Board are focusing their attention on the crossing where an Amtrak train in Missouri, killing four people and injuring many more. In the coming days, they will download information on the speed of the train, when the engineer blew the horn, the brakes and camera footage, NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy told reporters Tuesday.
"I do not have concerns about mechanical failure about the train," she said."We do not have concerns about track. Our concerns are very focused on this grade crossing."to Chicago from Los Angeles. A dump truck was transporting material to a nearby Army Corps of Engineers project and was struck in the back by the train, which comprised two locomotives, six coach cars and separate cars for a cafe and baggage.
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