MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Three passengers were injured today (Sunday, Feb. 22) in a low-speed collision between Amtrak’s City of New Orleans and a Canadian National freight train.
While Amtrak said three people were injured, Memphis police said two people had been taken to the hospital with non-critical injuries.
An Amtrak representative told WREG-TV that southbound train No. 59 was stopped when it was “contacted by a freight train traveling at a slow rate of speed.” Memphis police told the station they responded to the incident at 11:41 a.m. A CN spokeswoman said no fires or hazardous materials were involved…