| Cayce, South Carolina train collision | |
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 NTSB engineers examine the wreckage | |
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| Details | |
| Date | February 4, 2018 2:35 a.m. (EST) (07:35 UTC) |
| Location | Cayce, South Carolina |
| Coordinates | 33°54′31″N 81°04′03″W / 33.90861°N 81.06750°W |
| Country |  United States |
| Line | Columbia Subdivision |
| Operator | Amtrak, CSX |
| Incident type | Collision |
| Cause | Misaligned switch |
| Statistics | |
| Trains | 2 |
| Passengers | 139 |
| Crew | 8 |
| Deaths | 2 |
| Injured | 116 |
On February 4, 2018, the southbound Amtrak Silver Star No. 91 passenger train from New York City to Miami collided with a stationary CSX Transportation freight train in Cayce, South Carolina, just south of the state's capital of Columbia on CSX's Columbia Subdivision. Two Amtrak crew members were killed and 116 other crew and passengers were injured.[1][2]
- ^ Blinder, Alan; Caron, Christina; Jeter, John (February 4, 2018). "Amtrak Train Collision in South Carolina Kills at Least 2 and Injures 116". The New York Times. Retrieved February 4, 2018.
- ^ Aratani, Lori; Siddiqui, Faiz (February 4, 2018). "Two dead after Amtrak train collides with freight train in South Carolina". The Washington Post. Retrieved February 4, 2018.