(AP) An investigator says an Amtrak train was traveling around the speed limit only seconds before it slammed into a trash truck at a rural rail crossing in Virginia.
National Transportation Safety Board lead investigator Pete Kotowski said at a news conference Thursday that the maximum speed at the crossing is 60 mph (97 kph) and the train was traveling "about 61" mph (98 kph).
The train was taking members of Congress to a retreat in West Virginia when it collided with the truck Wednesday morning in Crozet. One man on the truck was killed. Six people were injured.
Kotowski says investigators have interviewed one of the crew members from the Amtrak train and have scheduled an interview with the engineer. He says they are "in the process" of trying to interview the driver of the truck.
Kotowski says the trash company, Time Disposal, has been in business for 33 years. He says the company has been subject to six roadside safety inspections with two resulting in vehicles being placed out of service.
