A Florida resident and Amtrak engineer was killed when a Miami-bound Amtrak train collided with a parked freight train early Sunday morning in South Carolina
Michael Cella was one of two individuals killed in the crash. Both Cella and the train's conductor, Michael Kempf, were pronounced dead at the scene due to body trauma sustained in the collision, according to a statement from the Lexington County coroner.
The train was moving at about 59 mph when it collided with the CSX freight train at 2:35 a.m. near a switchyard about 10 miles south of Columbia.
Investigators with the National Transportation Safety Board say a locked switch diverted the Amtrak train off its track and onto another track, one in which a freight train was parked.
Investigators are now searching for the event data recorders, while the train’s camera is being analyzed in Washington D.C.