Two dead, more than 100 injured in Amtrak crash in South Carolina

Emergency responders are at the scene after an Amtrak passenger train collided with a freight train and derailed in Cayce, South Carolina, U.S., February 4, 2018. REUTERS/Randall Hill

CAYCE, S.C. (Reuters) - An Amtrak passenger train that was diverted onto a side track slammed into a parked freight train in South Carolina on Sunday, killing two crew members and injuring at least 116 others in the railroad's fourth fatal crash since December.

Amtrak Train 91, carrying nine crew members and 136 passengers, was travelling from New York to Miami when it hit the CSX Corp freight train that was stopped on a side track, or siding, at about 2:35 a.m. local time (0735 GMT).