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    CBS News‏Verified account @CBSNews 18 Dec 2017

    DEVELOPING: Amtrak train derails onto Interstate 5 in Washington state http://cbsn.ws/2j9xWKB pic.twitter.com/TNddjFW2oN

    8:12 AM - 18 Dec 2017
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      2. CBS News‏Verified account @CBSNews 18 Dec 2017

        MORE: First responders are treating the derailment as a mass casualty incident, CBS News affiliate KIRO-TV reportshttp://cbsn.ws/2jc6LyW 

        11 replies 230 retweets 91 likes
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      3. CBS News‏Verified account @CBSNews 18 Dec 2017

        “There are emergency crews everywhere, helping all of the injured,” passenger on derailed train says http://cbsn.ws/2oDNSu5 pic.twitter.com/qgyXeuyP2G

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      4. CBS News‏Verified account @CBSNews 18 Dec 2017

        SPECIAL REPORT: Emergency crews are responding to a major train derailment in Washington as a mass-casualty incident http://cbsn.ws/2oDNSu5 pic.twitter.com/btgzIUVAap

        18 replies 161 retweets 67 likes
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      5. CBS News‏Verified account @CBSNews 18 Dec 2017

        Amtrak train # 501 was part of a new high-speed service that just launched today, CBS affiliate @KIRO7Seattle reports http://cbsn.ws/2oDNSu5 pic.twitter.com/XKqbNYfyMW

        14 replies 233 retweets 83 likes
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      6. CBS News‏Verified account @CBSNews 18 Dec 2017

        “Those are new cars, but the real question is, are they new tracks?” CBS News Travel Editor @PeterSGreenberg says. “The NTSB will be investigating almost immediately." http://cbsn.ws/2oDNSu5 pic.twitter.com/BvrklxpyN0

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      7. CBS News‏Verified account @CBSNews 18 Dec 2017

        “We were reaching sort of a bend in the tracks, and all of a sudden, we were slammed into the seats in front of us. And then the car careened down an embankment,” passenger Chris Karnes, says of Amtrak derailment http://cbsn.ws/2oDNSu5 pic.twitter.com/2PNwBFsiKF

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      8. CBS News‏Verified account @CBSNews 18 Dec 2017

        "There were multiple people injured. There’s military police, firefighters, medical aid of all sorts. They're on the scene right now,” passenger Chris Karnes, says of Amtrak derailment in Washington state http://cbsn.ws/2oDNSu5 pic.twitter.com/dq49d7b2iB

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      9. CBS News‏Verified account @CBSNews 18 Dec 2017

        “There are several other cars that seem to have piled up and been torn apart on top of the rail overpass. And then there's at least one car that seems to be hanging off of the overpass at the moment” passenger Chris Karnes, says of Amtrak derailment http://cbsn.ws/2oDNSu5 pic.twitter.com/Gmi0cNPyfy

        16 replies 193 retweets 88 likes
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      10. CBS News‏Verified account @CBSNews 18 Dec 2017

        .@NorahODonnell: Chris, what types of injuries did you see? Chris Karnes, train passenger: Cuts, people bleeding, I did see -- I did see one person who was laying on the ground and was not moving http://cbsn.ws/2oDNSu5 pic.twitter.com/hNnXz6a9qB

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      11. CBS News‏Verified account @CBSNews 18 Dec 2017

        “Typically, this type of Amtrak train would have 13 cars in it and could have up to 250 passengers,” @NorahODonnell reports http://cbsn.ws/2oDNSu5 pic.twitter.com/Sh2OmDkiJZ

        9 replies 89 retweets 55 likes
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      12. CBS News‏Verified account @CBSNews 18 Dec 2017

        The Amtrak train that derailed is partially hanging off an overpass on to Interstate 5, which stretches from Mexico through Washington state http://cbsn.ws/2oDNSu5 pic.twitter.com/KqwDgIAOfm

        11 replies 111 retweets 50 likes
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      13. CBS News‏Verified account @CBSNews 18 Dec 2017

        “Amtrak only owns relatively small portion of the 62,000 miles of track in the United States. So they'll be looking and they'll be working with the railroad that actually owns that track and they will become a party to this investigation,” Former NTSB Chairman Mark Rosenker sayspic.twitter.com/eTCnmzL7cH

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      14. CBS News‏Verified account @CBSNews 18 Dec 2017

        .@NorahODonnell: It reached 78.5 mph traveling between Seattle and Tukwila. After stopping in Tacoma, it sped up to 81 mph before derailment. Rosenker: It may well have been doing its maximum speed. http://cbsn.ws/2oDNSu5 pic.twitter.com/1xwlMgEtNW

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      15. CBS News‏Verified account @CBSNews 18 Dec 2017

        “The locomotive will actually have what they call an event recorder. Very similar to a black box in an aircraft. They will be able to get a lot of data from that particular box when it's finally downloaded,” Rosenker says http://cbsn.ws/2oDNSu5 pic.twitter.com/iCz2poTNZX

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      16. CBS News‏Verified account @CBSNews 18 Dec 2017

        NEW: Photos shared by Washington state trooper shows some Amtrak train cars on highway, other dangling from bridge (courtesy Trooper Brooke Bova @wspd1pio) http://cbsn.ws/2jcYyKM pic.twitter.com/cW2dDrGl7v

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      1. Brandi Alexandra‏ @brandialxndra 18 Dec 2017
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        Praying for the passengers and the crew and the first responders!!

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      2. Kenneth Bascomb‏ @NJTitansfan 18 Dec 2017
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        Archaic railways, crumbling infrastructure and these Republicans rush to give billionaires tax cuts

        2 replies 1 retweet 7 likes
      3. Glennon Woods‏ @GlennonWoods 18 Dec 2017
        Replying to @NJTitansfan @CBSNews

        Got be the Republicans fault posted by a BLM flag waver

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      1. FedUp‏ @FedUpSr1 18 Dec 2017
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        Maybe if the @HouseGOP @SenateGOP & @realDonaldTrump really cared about improving infrastructure rather than enriching themselves thru #GOPTaxScamBill this wouldn't have happened!

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