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Deadliest train crashes in the United States

An Amtrak train derailment outside of Olympia killed three people and injured more than 70.

Below is a list of major passenger train crashes in the past 30 years. Each of these crashes killed five or more people.

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Emergency personnel work at the scene of a derailment in Philadelphia of an Amtrak train headed to New York. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

May 12, 2015: Philadelphia

An Amtrak passenger train derailed after traveling at a speed of more than 100 mph on a curved stretch of track with a speed limit of 50 mph.

Eight people were killed and more than 200 were injured.

Human error was blamed for the crash.

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Officials inspect a Metro-North train crash with a sport utility vehicle in Valhalla, New York. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images)

February 3, 2015: Valhalla, New York

A northbound Metro-North Railroad passenger train struck a 2011 Mercedes Benz ML350 sports utility vehicle. An estimated 650 passengers were aboard the train at the time. The crash started a fire in the train cars. The driver of the SUV and five passengers on the train were killed.

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June 24, 2011: Miriam, Nevada

A commercial truck struck an Amtrak train at a railroad crossing in the Nevada desert, causing a fire in the railcars. The truck driver, train conductor and four train passengers were killed; 16 were injured. The National Transportation Safety Board concluded the driver of the truck was at fault.

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June 22, 2009: Washington, D.C.

Nine people were killed and 70 others injured when two Red Line Metrorail trains collided between the Fort Totten and Takoma Park stations.

Track circuit failures and a "lack of safety culture" were to blame the catastrophic accident, according to a National Transportation Safety Board report.

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Search & rescue teams work the day after a major collision to retrieve bodies from a Metrolink commuter train that crashed head on into a freight train in Chatsworth, California. (Monica Almeida/The New York Times)

Sept. 12, 2008: Chatsworth, California

A Metrolink passenger collided with a Union Pacific freight train on a sharp curve, killing 25 people and injuring more than 135.

Engineer Robert Sanchez ran a red light while sending text messages from his phone, a National Transportation Safety Board report found. Sanchez also died in the crash.

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January 26, 2005: Glendale, California

Eleven passengers were killed and 180 injured when a Metrolink train collided with an abandoned SUV -- left on the tracks by a man threatening suicide -- causing the train to derail and slam into a parked freight.

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January 6, 2005: Graniteville, South Carolina

Two Norfolk Southern trains collided near the Avondale Mills textile plant..Nine people were killed and over 250 people were treated for toxic chlorine gas inhalation. The victims included workers at the plant.

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March 15, 1999: Bourbonnais, Illinois

When an Amtrak passenger train, "Spirit of New Orleans," collided with a semi truck, 11 people were killed and over 100 were injured.

Investigators determined that the truck driver was trying to beat the railroad crossing signal.

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February 16, 1996: Silver Spring, Maryland

A Maryland Rail Commuter train collided with Amtrak passenger train headed for Chicago, killing 11 and injuring 26.

Investigators blamed human error and a lack of comprehensive safety oversight.

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September 22, 1993: Mobile, Alabama

Forty seven people died when the Sunset Limited, an Amtrak train from Los Angeles plunged off a trestle bridge and into an Alabama bayou.

The accident, the deadliest in Amtrak history, was caused by a towboat operator navigating in foggy conditions.

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August 28, 1991: New York, New York

A subway train derailed at Union Square, killing five and injuring more than 200. The motorman, Robert Ray, walked away from the scene uninjured. Ray admitted to drinking before the derailment and was charged with manslaughter.

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Workers survey the damage from the collision on Jan 4, 1987. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

January 4, 1987: Chase, Marlyand

Sixteen people were killed and 174 were injured when an Amtrak bound for Washington, D.C., from Boston collided with a speeding Conrail train that had crossed into its path. The crash, at the time, was the deadliest in Amtrak history.

The Conrail train engineer and Conrail brakeman were high on marijuana, according to the The National Transportation Safety Board's report on the crash.