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Eagles beat Patriots in epic Super Bowl LII

New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady can’t catch a pass during the first half of the NFL Super Bowl 52 football game against the Philadelphia Eagles Sunday,
Feb. 4, 2018, in Minneapolis.
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Amtrak crash in South Carolina leaves 2 dead, over 100 hurt

By MEG KINNARD The crash happened near a switchyard about were bleeding. Robert Sumwalt, chairman of
Associated Press 10 miles (16 kilometers) south of Columbia the National Transportation Safety Board, said
CAYCE, S.C. (AP) — An Amtrak passenger train where railcars hauling automobiles are loaded investigators found a track switch had been set
slammed into a parked freight train in the early- and unloaded. Many of the passengers were in a position that forced the Amtrak train off the
morning darkness Sunday after a thrown switch asleep when the crash jolted them awake and main track and onto the siding.
sent it hurtling down a side track, authorities forced them into the cold. He said the question for investigators is why that
said. Two Amtrak crew members were killed, “I thought that I was dead,” said passenger Eric happened.
and more than 100 people were injured. Larkin, of Pamlico County, North Carolina, who Amtrak President Richard Anderson pointed the
It was the third deadly wreck involving Amtrak was dazed and limping after banging his knee. finger at CSX, saying the signal system along
in less than two months. Larkin said he was on his way to Florida when he that stretch is run by the freight railroad but was
The Silver Star, en route from New York to Miami was awoken by the crash. The train was shak- down at the time of the wreck, forcing CSX dis-
with nearly 150 people aboard, was going an ing and jumping, and his seat broke loose, slam- patchers to route trains manually. The NTSB said
estimated 59 mph when it struck the empty CSX ming him into the row in front of him, he said. it was working to confirm that.
train around 2:45 a.m., Gov. Henry McMaster He said he heard screams and crying all around
said. him as he tried to get out. Other passengers Continued on Page 3