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