this crash is that nearly half the people on that bus were killed, including a minor. david? all right, matt gutman, our thanks to you. we are also learning more tonight about the horror playing out for americans on that speeding train in washington state. a new, faster route on its first day being used derailing on a bend in the track. heavy equipment lifting the cars right off the broken track and right onto the highway below. we do have new images tonight of the damage inside the train. the shattered windows there, and the shades crushed in. tonight, we ve now learned the train was traveling more than twice as fast as it was supposed to. abc s clayton sandell in dupont, washington. reporter: today, giant cranes began picking up the pieces of amtrak 501. crews are working around the clock, clearing wreckage from interstate 5, still shut down going south. amtrak 501. emergency. emergency. emergency. we are on the ground. reporter: investigators are focusing on the train s sp
that s the technology that slows down trains and senses it s going too fast. it wasn t yet activated, even though the owner of the track has installed positive train control on that it very stretch. 501 was making its first run on a new route between seattle and portland when the train derailed and some cars tumbled on to the rush hour traffic on the interstate below. others were left dangling over the edge. we have more from the scene. reporter: on its very first day on its very first run, this amtrak train derailed. nearly every single passenger car came off the track on to interstate 5 below. passengers describe the chaos. suddenly they were flying through the air. you can hear the panic in the conductor as the first emergency call went out. amtrak 501. emergency, emergency.
below. you can see they are still there while it will take months to determine an official cause, this train was going too fast. using data recorder information, federal investigators confirm the train was traveling 80 miles per hour in a 30 mile-per-hour zone. so, 50 over the speed limit when it careened into the curve and crashed. now we are getting to hear those chilling first moments after the derailment when the conductor called in to report it. amtrak 501. emergency, emergency. emergency. we are on the ground. okay. we are on the bridge the derailment killed 385 people on the train. 27 treated at nearby hospitals. 10 in serious condition. we are also hearing amazing
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