DEVELOPING: Amtrak train derails onto Interstate 5 in Washington state http://cbsn.ws/2j9xWKB pic.twitter.com/TNddjFW2oN
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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
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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/XKqbNYfyMWShow this thread -
“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/BvrklxpyN0Show this thread -
“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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"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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“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
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@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/hNnXz6a9qBShow this thread -
“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/Sh2OmDkiJZShow this thread -
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
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“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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@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/1xwlMgEtNWShow this thread -
“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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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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