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FBI offers $310,000 reward in 1995 fatal Arizona train derailment
Source: Reuters
US | Fri Apr 10, 2015 6:55pm EDT
FBI offers $310,000 reward in 1995 fatal Arizona train derailment
PHOENIX | BY DAVID SCHWARTZ
(Reuters) - The FBI offered a $310,000 reward on Friday for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for the 1995 derailment of an Amtrak train in the remote Arizona desert that killed one person and wounded about 100 others.
The 12-car Sunset Limited train was traveling to Los Angeles from Miami with 258 passengers aboard early on Oct. 9, 1995, when it jumped the tracks crossing a bridge over a dry creek about 70 miles southwest of Phoenix.
Mark Cwynar, special agent in charge of the FBI office in Phoenix, said investigators hope the offer of money will yield vital details about who caused the deadly accident and why.
"I believe there are individuals out there who know exactly what happened," Cwynar told reporters. "And we're hoping they come forward at this time."
A sleeping car attendant died and a dozen other people were seriously injured in what authorities immediately labeled a sophisticated act of sabotage.
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FBI offers $310,000 reward in 1995 fatal Arizona train derailment
PHOENIX | BY DAVID SCHWARTZ
(Reuters) - The FBI offered a $310,000 reward on Friday for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for the 1995 derailment of an Amtrak train in the remote Arizona desert that killed one person and wounded about 100 others.
The 12-car Sunset Limited train was traveling to Los Angeles from Miami with 258 passengers aboard early on Oct. 9, 1995, when it jumped the tracks crossing a bridge over a dry creek about 70 miles southwest of Phoenix.
Mark Cwynar, special agent in charge of the FBI office in Phoenix, said investigators hope the offer of money will yield vital details about who caused the deadly accident and why.
"I believe there are individuals out there who know exactly what happened," Cwynar told reporters. "And we're hoping they come forward at this time."
A sleeping car attendant died and a dozen other people were seriously injured in what authorities immediately labeled a sophisticated act of sabotage.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/04/10/us-usa-arizona-derailment-idUSKBN0N126420150410