FBI probing whether doomed Amtrak train hit by object: The Amtrak train disaster in which 8 people were killed may have been caused by a gunshot or a rock hitting the train before it crashed last Wednesday, according to investigators. The FBI is examining what appears to be circular damage to the train’s windshield, although no projectile was found inside the locomotive. An unknown onject hitting the windshield may have panicked the driver into accelerating to double the speed limit on a curve and derailing the train as it traveled through Philadelphia.
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