Just South of Seattle - from Seattle station KING-5:
Multiple fatalities, dozens injured in Amtrak crash near DuPont
An unknown number of people are dead and multiple people are injured after an Amtrak Cascades train derailed and crashed onto southbound Interstate 5 between Tacoma and Olympia.
A bit more:
Amtrak Cascades train 501 was headed southbound when it crashed around 7:45 a.m. It included 12 cars plus two engines. Thirteen of those 14 cars jumped the tracks, according to the Washington State Patrol.
From The New York Post:
Object on tracks may be cause of deadly Amtrak derailment
Monday’s deadly Amtrak train derailment appears to have been caused by an object on the railway, according to a government official briefed on the crash.
A preliminary investigation suggests maintenance problems are unlikely to blame because the incident took place on brand-new tracks, the official told The Associated Press on condition of anonymity.
If this foreign object was placed willfully, I hope the moke in question spends a long time behind bars.
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