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Amtrak derailment: Train crashes near Tacoma, Washington
by Kalhan Rosenblatt

An Amtrak train derailed on Monday morning, blocking southbound lanes of a highway near Tacoma, Washington.

Washington State Department of Transportation tweeted a picture of the derailment at 7:45 a.m. PST, showing what appeared to be a car on its side over a highway lane.

"All SB lanes of I-5 blocked near Mounts Road in Pierce County due to derailed train car. Avoid area!" the tweet said...

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/amtrak-derailment-train-crashes-near-tacoma-washington-n830751
 
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http://abcnews.go.com/US/train-dera...eaving-car-dangling-highway/story?id=51861189
 

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Oh no. Just saw this - reporting multiple injuries and fatalities.
 
Amtrak derailment: Train crashes near Tacoma, Washington, fatalities reported
by Andrew Blankstein, Kalhan Rosenblatt and Jon Schuppe

Several people were killed Monday after an Amtrak train derailed while traveling on the first day of a new route outside Tacoma, Washington.

"There have been multiple casualties as a result of the Amtrak derailment near Tacoma, Washington," Pierce County spokesman Ed Troyer said of the 7:40 a.m. incident. "The casualties include multiple injuries and fatalities."

The cause is under investigation, Troyer said...

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/amtrak-derailment-train-crashes-near-tacoma-washington-n830751
 
http://komonews.com/news/local/lake...eadly-accidents-from-high-speed-train-service

City leaders gave a chilly reception to a new high-speed rail plan for Amtrak trains that starts running later this month.
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“We want to make sure as many people as possible understand what's going on, understand we are starting a new service on December 18th and ensure that they know how to stay safe around the railroad tracks,” said Janet Matkin with WSDOT.
 
Reading/hearing that today was the first day of this Amtrak high-speed service. Former NTSB director, Mary Schiavo, is on CNN discussing this now.
 
Fox news - live coverage with live video

ETA: CNN - the same
 
CNN coverage suggested train HIT something. Possible sabotage???
 
This is also a choke point for I-5 (I've been stuck here many times since there are really no good alternate routes.) WSDOT Tacoma is recommending a 65 mile detour that goes all the way to the Tacoma Narrows Bridge.
 
Also apparently this was new trackage according to @TransitSleuth.
 
Known fatalities are all from train - none from traffic below.

Three or four more cars on other side of bridge, in the woods.

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Changes ahead as new Amtrak Cascades service, Tacoma Dome Station and the Point Defiance Bypass launch on Monday

Starting Monday, Dec. 18, we'll have additional trains running each day and travelers will use our new Amtrak Cascades Tacoma Dome Station in Freighthouse Square for the first time. If you can't wait to see the station, you can watch *advertiser censored*video of the station construction*online.

https://wsdotblog.blogspot.com/2017/12/changes-ahead-as-new-amtrak-cascades.html
 
https://news.sky.com/story/train-derails-on-highway-bridge-in-washington-state-11176581
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Three deaths have been confirmed by Pierce County Sheriff's spokesman Ed Troyer, the Seattle Times reported.

The sheriff's office said "multiple" motorists were injured but no fatalities have been reported.
The train, with 70 passengers, was on a bridge over the Interstate-5 highway in Pierce County, south of Seattle, when it came off the tracks
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highway in Pierce County, south of Seattle, when it came off the tracks.
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'Multiple fatalities' aboard derailed Amtrak train
Associated Press

Tacoma, Wash. — Authorities say multiple people were killed when an Amtrak passenger train derailed onto Interstate 5 south of Seattle.

Pierce County sheriff’s spokesman Ed Troyer says none of the fatalities were motorists who were in cars and trucks when the train came off the tracks on to I-5.

He says emergency responders are working to get survivors out and to area hospitals.

Authorities say the train derailed before 8 a.m. Monday, but no specifics were immediately available...

http://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/nation/2017/12/18/train-derailment-washington-state/108717318/
 

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