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   (CNN) — [Breaking news, posted at 2:49 p.m. ET]   
      
   The injured engineer of the derailed Amtrak train has been   
   interviewed by the Philadelphia Police Department, Mayor Michael   
   Nutter said at a news conference Wednesday.   
      
   The mayor told reporters that authorities have not stopped   
   looking for victims and clues at the Amtrak train derailment   
   site.   
      
   The death toll in the Tuesday night derailment has risen to   
   seven, he said.   
      
   [Original story, posted at 2:27 p.m. ET]   
      
   How do all seven cars and the engine of an Amtrak train jump the   
   rails, sending passengers, luggage, laptops and more flying?   
      
   One possibility jumped ahead of all others Wednesday: Speed.   
      
   Authorities haven’t said, definitively, what caused the   
   derailment of Amtrak Northeast Regional Train 188 in   
   Philadelphia on Tuesday night. But a source briefed by   
   investigators said the train was believed to have been traveling   
   in excess of 100 mph. That would be about twice the 50 mph speed   
   limit for the curve it was in.   
      
   An official with direct knowledge of the investigation earlier   
   said that authorities were focusing on speed as a possible   
   cause, given the angles of the wreckage and type of damage to   
   the cars. The recorder, or “black box,” discovered at the scene   
   could be pivotal by showing just that, former National   
   Transportation Safety Board official John Goglia said.   
      
   Peter Goelz, also once a top NTSB figure and now a CNN analyst,   
   predicted that a definitive conclusion could come soon.   
      
   “I’m afraid that this train might be going too fast for this   
   turn,” he said.   
      
   NTSB board member Robert Sumwalt has said only that his team   
   will examine things like the condition of the track and the   
   train, how the signals operated and “human performance.”   
      
   Even if it’s determined the train was going too fast, that could   
   be due to the engineer or a mechanical issue, like faulty brakes.   
      
   “You have a lot of questions, we have a lot of questions,”   
   Sumwalt told reporters late Wednesday morning. “We intend to   
   answer many of those questions in the next 24 to 48 hours.”   
      
   http://wqad.com/2015/05/13/amtrak-derails-in-philadelphia-5-dead-   
   and-many-injured/   
      
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