Amtrak 501, emergency, we are on the ground. Thats a first tonight. Lets get started. We are all over the three parts of this big breaking story tonight. Heres whats ahead. Transportation reporter pete muntean talks about the trains speed. Weve got a reporter on scene, too. But first lets set the scene for you. It is a jumbled mess. There were 14 cars on this train. Most of them jumped the tracks. There were about 80 passengers on board and a crew of five when the train rounded a curb over interstate 5 and derailed. Listen to the conversation between the trains conductor and dispatchers. Amtrak 501, emergency. We are on the ground. Hey, guys, what happened . We were coming around the corner to take the bridge over i5 there right north of nisqually and we went on the ground. Is everybody okay . Im st weve got cars everywhere and down onto the highway. The drivers whose cars were hit by the falling train were injured. None of them, though, are among the dead tonight. That crash scene you
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