Last Amtrak Derailment Survivor Leaves Philadelphia Hospital

More than two months after a deadly Amtrak train crash in Philadelphia, the last survivor has left the hospital.

In an e-mail sent out Tuesday morning, Temple University Hospital announced that no patients injured in the derailment remained there.

Temple University Hospital was the last hospital in the area still treating patients injured in the crash.

The crash happened on May 12 in the Port Richmond section of Philadelphia. Eight people were killed and more than 200 were injured.

The train, investigators said, was traveling over 100 mph in a 50 mph zone.

The train was traveling from Washington, D.C. to New York City.

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