At least two people have been killed and around 70 injured after a passenger train collided with a freight train in South Carolina, police have said.
An Amtrak train carrying 139 passengers and eight crew members was travelling between New York and Miami when it hit the CSX freight train and derailed near Columbia.
"Amtrak Train 91, operating between New York and Miami, came in contact with a CSX freight train at around 2:35am in Cayce, South Carolina," Amtrak said in a statement on its website.
"The lead engine was derailed, as well as some passenger cars."
Harrison Cahill, a spokesman for the Lexington County Sheriff's Department, could not say if the two people killed were on the passenger train or the freight train.
He said the injuries ranged from scratches to broken bones.
Emergency crews attended the scene of the collision near Charleston Highway and Pine Ridge Road in Cayce.
All passengers were removed from Amtrak 91, the Lexington County Sheriff's Department said.
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