Report: At least 6 dead after Amtrak train derails from bridge onto Interstate 5 near Olympia
Several people were killed Monday morning when an Amtrak train derailed and fell off a bridge over Interstate 5 near Mounts Road between Lakewood and Olympia. The Associated Press, citing an unnamed U.S. official, reported that at least six people were killed in the crash. Gov. Jay Inslee has called a state of emergency in response to the derailment.
Pierce County Sheriff's spokesman Ed Troyer told news media that there were fatalities on the train and that motorists had been injured, but not killed. A total of 77 people were sent to hospitals in Pierce and Thurston counties, according to CHI Franciscan Health, which operates numerous hospitals in Western Washington. Four of the injured are "level red" patients, with critical injuries. The injured are being taken to St. Joseph Medical Center in Tacoma, St. Claire Hospital in Lakewood, St. Anthony Hospital in Gig Harbor and Tacoma General Hospital and Providence St. Peter Hospital in Olympia.
There were 78 passengers and five crew members on the train when it derailed, according to Amtrak.
The train was running on a new, faster service route using a new bypass. This was the first day that the new route was used.
Also at CNN. Amtrak statement about service disruption.
(Score: 2) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Tuesday December 19 2017, @03:58AM (4 children)
Amtrack passengers aren't subject to search before boarding so guns and bombs are A-OK.
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(Score: 3, Informative) by Booga1 on Tuesday December 19 2017, @04:33AM
On an Amtrak train you're more likely to be killed by the driver than passengers.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 19 2017, @05:44AM (1 child)
The TSA is even known to screen passengers on buses.
It's rare. It's pointless... unless perhaps you are a power-tripping bureaucrat trying to enlarge a budget and build a little empire.
(Score: 2) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Tuesday December 19 2017, @07:44AM
The station's staff chased those mother fuckers away.
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(Score: 1) by Crash on Tuesday December 19 2017, @08:05PM
There were bomb sniffing dogs being patrolled up and down the line at Union Station, Los Angeles to San Diego.
When we returned from San Diego, there were not.