About 7:33 a. m., on April 2, 1980, northbound Amtrak Train No. 82 collided head-on with Seaboard's Coast Line (SCL) Extra 2771 South on the single track of the SCL Railroad at Lakeview, North Carolina, after train No. 82 overran a stop signal at the north end of the double track. Twenty-nine crewmembers and ninety-four passengers were injured, and damage was estimated at $1,145,492. The National Transportation Safety Board determines that the probable cause of this accident was the failure of the engineer of train No. 82 to perceive and comply with the 'approach' aspect of a signal and his continued operation of the train at a speed too high to stop before it overran a stop signal.
Railroad Accident Report - Head-on Collision between Amtrak Train No. 82 and Seaboard Coast Line Extra 2771 South Lakeview, North Carolina, April 2, 1980
1980
26 pages
Report
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English