[ inaudible ] this project was the mayor protested the project saying that the route did not receive the necessary safety upgrades saying now his worst fears came true. And abc News Reporter mercy gonzalez is in washington. That rail car left dangling in the darkness, part of the aftermath of the crash, that killed three people and injured more than 70 others. Emergency, emergency, amtrak 5 01, we are on the ground. All but one of the rail cars going off the track, several crashing on to the busy highway before. Things started to tip over as it was going around and all of a sudden, ended up on the side. The train started to wobble for a moment and then, we were catapulted at the seats in front of us. Chris karns on board for the inaugural run of a newer faster route, tweeting moments earlier, wow, this train is fast. We are passing up traffic on i5. Then, just after 7 30 a. M. , a loca train rounded the curve and plunged off of both sides of the overpass. Is everyone okay . Im still fi
Live, where you live. This is abc 7 news. Things just started to tip over and stuff started flying around and everything went dark. Kind of felt like the end of the world, you are just standing mu among all the wreck edge. Passengers shaken, the train went off the tracks can killing three. It happens weeks after a local official warned it was dangerous. Good evening. And im in for ama dates. Ten people remain in serious condition. And tonight, we learn the mayor of lakewood, washington raised concerns two weeks ago today that Something Like this could happen. [ inaudible ] this project was the mayor protested the project saying that the route did not receive the necessary safety upgrades saying now his worst fears came true. And abc News Reporter mercy gonzalez is in washington. That rail car left dangling in the darkness, part of the aftermath of the crash, that killed three people and injured more than 70 others. Emergency, emergency, amtrak 5 01, we are on the ground. All but one of
Now with the people first warranty. Live, where you live. This is abc 7 news. Things just started to tip over and stuff started flying around and everything went dark. Kind of felt like the end of the world, you are just standing mu among all the wreck edge. Passengers shaken, the train went off the tracks can killing three. It happens weeks after a local official warned it was dangerous. Good evening. And im in for ama dates. Ten people remain in serious condition. And tonight, we learn the mayor of lakewood, washington raised concerns two weeks ago today that Something Like this could happen. [ inaudible ] this project was the mayor protested the project saying that the route did not receive the necessary safety upgrades saying now his worst fears came true. And abc News Reporter mercy gonzalez is in washington. That rail car left dangling in the darkness, part of the aftermath of the crash, that killed three people and injured more than 70 others. Emergency, emergency, amtrak 5 01,
We will check back on the bay bridge tolls in just a few minutes. Ntsb says that amtrak train that derailed was barreling down the tracks 50 Miles Per Hour over the speed limit when it derailed east of olympia, washington. This was the scene overnight. Investigators were able to get that dangling car out of the way there and some of those cars off of the highway. Made a little progress but obviously the scene is still there, the highway is still closed and they are still investigating. The train was actually going 80 Miles Per Hour when all of this happened yesterday morning and the president of amtrak says the positive train control, the technology thats supposed to slow it down, was not in operation on that particular stretch of track. Three people were killed and dozens of others injured. All but one of the trains 14 cars jumped the tracks. There was one person who in the car in front of us, they they were catapulted to the front of the car and they were pretty badly injured. They w