From watching several reports from local agencies it seems one passenger train was erroneously diverted into a passing siding where a freight train was standing. The ensuing collision sent coaches across the right of-way, where an express train headed in the opposite direction crashed into the wreckage less than five minutes later.
I seem to recall a vaguely similar wreck (passenger train crashing into the wreckage of a derailment that occurred minutes prior) happened on the New York Central in Conneaut, OH in the 1950's
---PCJ
