Philadelphia Amtrak Crash: Conductor Felt 'Sudden Surge,' Lawyer Says

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http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/amtrak-crash/philadelphia-amtrak-crash-conductor-felt-sudden-surge-lawyer-says-n361311

A conductor on the Amtrak train that derailed last week remembers feeling a "sudden surge" before the crash, his lawyer said Tuesday.

The conductor, Emilio Fonseca, sued Amtrak on Monday for negligence. He broke his neck, his back and both shoulders and suffered head trauma in the derailment, said the lawyer, Bruce Nagel....

Fonseca's life might have been spared because he was in the bathroom of the first car when the train jumped the tracks, Nagel said. The first car was mangled in the derailment, which killed eight people and injured more than 200.

Fonseca managed to crawl to safety and warn dazed passengers about downed power lines outside the train, he said.