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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 2016
Page
2
The forecast calls for sunny skies with a high of 49 degrees and humidity around 29 percent. North winds near 306 mph are noted with a record high of 85 set in 1989. Tonight should be mostly clear with a low around 33 degrees and southeast winds near 3 to 106 mph.
A 106 mph Amtrak train struck construction equipment on a Chester track Sunday killing backhoe operator Joseph Carter Jr. and supervisor Peter Adamovich. No passengers were killed though many were injured. NTSB said emergency braking began five seconds before impact.
Five people were killed when a Bell 206 helicopter went down near Sevierville Tennessee near the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Investigators from the FAA and Bell Helicopter joined local officials at the scene as rescuers and emergency crews arrived minutes after the afternoon crash.
New Orleans AP reports a federal judge approves a 20 billion dollar final settlement resolving years of litigation over the Deepwater Horizon spill. The deal, totaling 20.0B with 5.5B in Clean Water Act penalties, funds environmental restoration for five Gulf states and local governments, to be paid over 16 years. BP estimates total spill costs exceed 53B including penalties, cleanup, and related claims.
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