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The southbound City of New Orleans<\/em> skirts Lake Ponchartrain near Frenier, La., on June 4, 2021. The southbound City of New Orleans<\/em> was involved in a collision with a Canadian National freight train on Sunday, Feb. 22, near Memphis, Tenn. Bob Johnston<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. \u2014 Three passengers were injured today (Sunday, Feb. 22) in a low-speed collision between Amtrak\u2019s City of New Orleans<\/em> and a Canadian National freight train.<\/p>\n

While Amtrak said three people were injured, Memphis police said two people had been taken to the hospital with non-critical injuries.<\/p>\n

An Amtrak representative told WREG-TV<\/a> that southbound train No. 59 was stopped when it was \u201ccontacted by a freight train traveling at a slow rate of speed.\u201d 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.<\/p>\n

The National Transportation Safety Board said in a social media post<\/a> this evening that it is sending a team of investigators to the scene of the collision.<\/p>\n

A total of 128 people were on board the train, according to Amtrak. The City of New Orleans<\/em> had left Chicago more than 3 hours late on Saturday night, and was 3 hours, 15 minutes late leaving Memphis prior to the collision. The train eventually resumed its journey about 8 hours, 20 minutes behind schedule, according to the train status feature on the Amtrak website, and as of 9:15 p.m. CT was projected to arrive in New Orleans at 11:14 p.m., about seven and a half hours late.<\/p>\n

\u2014 This is a developing story. Follow Trains.com for further details as they become available. To report news or errors, contact trainsnewswire@firecrown.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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