Yesterday an Amtrak train heading from Washington D.C. to Philadelphia partially derailed. 6 are dead and over 200 are injured.

Patrick Murphy, who led the DADT Repeal fight in the House was on the train and was assisting others and tweeting from the scene.

The latest news on the crash is that investigators are looking at the speed of the train as an issue. Officials with direct knowledge of the investigation said the angles of the train wreckage and type of damage points to speed being a potential issue.



See the Patrick Murphy's photos after the jump.