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Amtrak Derailment Kills at Least Six in Washington State

posted by martyb on Tuesday December 19 2017, @12:57AM   Printer-friendly

takyon writes:

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.

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  • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Tuesday December 19 2017, @04:10AM (3 children)

    by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday December 19 2017, @04:10AM (#611699) Journal

    These are neither bullet trains nor bullet train tracks, they need to fuxk off with this fantasy they can make the trains run faster and jerkiff thinking about all the saved "carbon."

    This seems to fall in the "Corporate efficiency" category (aka "corner cutting and cost saving" - this time almost literally, as the train seems to have entered a corner with a "cutting" speed).

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  • (Score: 2) by frojack on Tuesday December 19 2017, @05:27AM (2 children)

    by frojack (1554) on Tuesday December 19 2017, @05:27AM (#611720) Journal

    What part of this was Corporate?
    Government train.
    Government tracks.
    Government operator.

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    • (Score: 3, Funny) by c0lo on Tuesday December 19 2017, @05:56AM (1 child)

      by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday December 19 2017, @05:56AM (#611728) Journal

      If you stick "local" in front of "Government tracks", then you are right [wikipedia.org].
      I needed to look over the details, took me a while. Until then, "corporation bashing" is right most of the time; when it's not, it's a good exercise anyway (grin)

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      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 19 2017, @04:57PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 19 2017, @04:57PM (#611867)

        Corporations are Government created fictions. Corporation problems are Government problems are corruption problems, it is wise to not forget this.