NTSB Advisory
National Transportation Safety Board
Washington, DC 20594
November 30, 2007
NTSB SENDING TEAM TO INVESTIGATE AMTRAK COLLISION IN CHICAGO
The National Transportation Safety Board is dispatching a Go Team to investigate the collision between an Amtrak passenger train and a freight train in Chicago, Illinois this afternoon.
NTSB Rail Investigator Ted Turpin will serve as Investigator-in-Charge and lead the 7-member team. Vice Chairman Robert Sumwalt will accompany the team and serve as spokesman for the on-scene investigation. Keith Holloway is the press officer accompanying the team.
Once the team arrives in Chicago, Holloway can be reached on his cell phone at (202) 557-1350.
NTSB Press Office: (202) 314-6100