He tells us he has a good guess as to what caused todays derailment raiment. Here at 30th street station many students are heading home for the o holidays and they were concerned given amtraks derailment south of seattle. Its a little scary. I think its crazy and i really feel for those people andheir families. Generally i feel safe but aveling in inclement weather its in the back of my mind. Robert mongeluzzi represented 34 passengers on amtrak train 188. The train derailed in Port Richmond with 238 passengers on board. Eight were killed and over 200 injured. The train was traveling over 100 miles an hour in a 50 Miles Per Hour zone when it hit a curve and went off the tracks. He sees striking similarities to todays derailment. The first thing that you think about when a train derails on a curve is it was going too fast. And when you see the locomotive, which is heavier and goes on a Straight Path while everything behind it falls over, it is eerily reminiscent of amtrak 188. Reporter
Scenic route along puget sound some local officials have been expressing serious concerns about safety. President trump used the crash as a chance to call for increased spending for infrastructure and that a plan must be approved quickly. Action News Reporter Sarah Bloomquist is live at 30th street station in philadelphia. Sarah, it is hard to imagine that amtrak passengers here werent thinking about the tragedy in the northwest. Reporter jim, the derailment in washington is of course of concern here and many here can also not help but think of the derailment of amtrak train 188 in the Port Richmond section of philadelphia just twond a half years ago. We spoke with an attorney who represented dozens of those passengers in court. He has a pretty strong opinion as to what he thinks caused todays deraient out west. Thirtieth street station is a busy place as the holidays approach. Many students heading home and todays derailment south of seattle wasnt exactly reassuring as they prepare to
On the west coat will becoast we this afternoon. Reporter omar jimenez reporting. While the ntsb works to determine this crash it brings back memories of the crash that happened here in that Port Richmond just two years ago. Amtrak train 188 derailed in may 2015. Eight people were killed and more than 200 others were injured in that incident. The train was traveling 106 miles an hour in a 50 Miles Per Hour speed zone. Investigators determined that the engineer was distracted by an incident with a nearby train. In september, a judge dismissed charges against that engineer. You can follow the latest developments of the fatal amtrak derailment on 6abc. Com. You can watch video from the scene in washington state. Pennsylvania state senator day lon leach released a new statement. John rawlins live in Center City Philadelphia this afternoon with the very latest including john some reaction from the governor. Reporter thats correct. Leach is a state senator who has ambitions his goal in 2018
. Oat action news, delaware valleys leading news program with jim gardner. Its monday night. The big story on action news is a big question. What caused a new seattle to portland train to jump the tracks today sending the cars to the highway below killing three and injuring a hundred more. Marcy gonzales is live near the crash. Good evening. Part of the highway is still shut down. You can see bumper to bumper traffic on i5 as investigators work into the night investigating. The car dangling is part of the aftermath of the crash that killed three people and injured more than a hundred others. Emergency, we are on the ground. All but one of the cars careening off of the track in washington, several crashing on to the highway below during the morning rush. Things started tipping over and everything went dark. The train started to wobble for a moment, and then we were catapulted at the seats in front of us. Chris onboard for the inaugural run of the newer faster run. After 7 30 a. M. , loc
The highway below killing three and injuring a hundred more. Marcy gonzales is live near the crash. Good evening. Part of the highway is still shut down. You can see bumper to bumper traffic on i5 as investigators work into the night investigating. The car dangling is part of the aftermath of the crash that killed three people and injured more than a hundred others. Emergency, we are on the ground. All but one of the cars careening off of the track in washington, several crashing on tohe highway below during the morning rush. Thingstarted tipping over and everything went dark. The train started to wobble for a moment, and then we were catapulted at the seats in front of chris onboard for the inaugural run of the newer faster run. And 12 cars with 86 passengerate and crew lunge at the and plunge over both sides of t overpass. Is everybody okay . That is the story from duponte, for ourre it was eerily reminiscent of the deadly amtrak accident may 12, 2015, amtrak 188 went off the track g