Two dead after train, car collide in Florida.(The Orlando Sentinel)

ORLANDO, Fla. _ Frank O'Toole had just turned to pour himself a cup of coffee when he heard a crash and the sickening shriek of metal on metal.

"By the time I looked out, I could see the damn engine block and the hood flying off. By then, the car was up underneath the train," he said, pointing to the site of Monday's fatal train-car collision in south Orange County.

The two men returning to a job site from lunch were pinned inside and probably already dead.

The men, employees of an electrical company, were heading west around 12:40 p.m. when they pulled into the path of a northbound Amtrak passenger train. Officials identified the passenger as Rolando Liboy, 47, of Apopka, Fla. Late Monday, they had yet to identify the driver.

The Amtrak train, which had just left Kissimmee, was headed for New York. After smashing into the white Buick, the train pushed the car for a quarter of a mile, metal screeching all the way.

The train came to rest just north of Lancaster Road, along tracks that parallel Orange Avenue. Amtrak officials did not know late Monday how fast it was traveling, but the tracks in that area are approved for 79 mph.

When rescue workers arrived a few minutes later, they found that Liboy and the car's driver had died from the impact. Florida Highway Patrol Trooper Kim Miller said the men worked for Beacon Electrical Contracting and Design. They pulled in front of the train, which had sounded its whistle at least twice, according to witnesses.