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By BURKE DAVIS III
and FRANCES BISHOPP
Arundel Newspaper*Staff Writers
An Amtrak passenger train slammed into a fire engine at a crossing between Catlett and Calverton in 'Fauquier County last Thursday night, killing two volunteer firefighters and injuring three others. About 150 passengers on the 17-car Aiqtrak New York-to-New Orleans Crescent were also injured.
'Mark Miller, 24, and Matt Smith, 22, both of Catlett, were killed when the locomotive struck their fire truck at about 7:40 p.m. as Wagon 7 roared over the steep rise of a private driveway and onto the tracks. Reports of witnesses indicate that both men were killed instantly.
The train derailed, plowing up 475 feet of track, and four cars jackknifed, coming to rest perpendicular to the railbed. Amtak officials estimated the damage at $910,000.
Nearly all passenger injuries were minor. There were 377 passengers on the train, according to conductor Fred Mungo’s headcount, and 21 Amtrak crew members. Of the 150 who were hurt, half required onLy first aid at the scene, and half were transported to area hospitals where all but a few were treated and released.
Three volunteer firefighters who were seated in the back of the Catlett Fire and Rescue Department wagon were thrown clear and injured, two of them seriously.
Ernest Colbert, 21, remains in serious condition at Fairfax Hospital. According to one source Colbert has yet to fully regain conciousness. "His eyes are open but he hasn't spoken,” this source said on Monday. “The doctors said it may be several days before they know anything.”
Michael S. Kirk was released from Washington Hospital Center on “Saturday. Frank Herndon w as treated at Fauquier Hospital and released after three hours Thursday evening.
The five men were dispatched at 7:28 p.m. to a car fire on property owned by H.K. and Ronald K. Farthing. As they raced southeast on Route 28 they overshot the Farthing driveway and turned
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