The accident killed 21-year-old Austin Wuennenberg.
A pink train was backing up in order to change tracks from the Epcot loop to the Magic Kingdom loop shortly before the accident. However, the switch that would have allowed the pink train to be routed to the Magic Kingdom loop had not changed positions. As a result, the pink train went back down the same track it had come from and collided with a purple train controlled by Wuennenberg, according to the NTSB.
The agency said it appears Wuennenberg tried to put his train in reverse to avoid the collision.
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