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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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