Amtrak train derails in Philadelphia, killing at least five

By Daniel Kelley PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - An Amtrak passenger train with more than 200 passengers on board derailed in north Philadelphia on Tuesday night, killing at least five people and injuring dozens of others, several of them critically, authorities said. Authorities said they had no idea what caused the train wreck, which left some rail cars ripped open and strewn upside down and on their sides in the city's Port Richmond neighborhood along the Delaware River. Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter told a news conference that at least five people were killed in the accident. "I've never seen anything like this in my life." Philadelphia Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey told reporters that rescue personnel were using "a large number of tourniquets" in treating the injured.

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