Most heartfelt prayers for victims of the train derail ment in Washington State we are closely monitoring the situation and coordinating with local authorities. Reporter the Pierce County Sheriffs Office reports most of the injuries and fatalities happened on board the train, not the highway below. The state department of transportation, says that the south side of the interstate, will remain closed, indefinite ly. And here is a live picture from the scene, of the derailment, as you can see train cars and vehicles from the highway crush with debris every where. Highway is closed once again indefinitely as investigators work on find out exactly what happen. Derailment is erasing the issue of positive train control something at issue in another deadly am trach derailment in fail in 2015. Ntsb concluded that the derailment would have been prevented if this positive Train Control Technology had been in place on those tracks. So the question is where do we stand right now . Eyewitness News
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
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