{"id":135092,"date":"2017-12-18T14:15:56","date_gmt":"2017-12-18T20:15:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=135092"},"modified":"2017-12-19T12:23:33","modified_gmt":"2017-12-19T18:23:33","slug":"deadly-high-speed-train-derailment-mon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=135092","title":{"rendered":"Deadly High-speed train derailment outside Seattle"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"DUPONT, Wash. (AP) \u2014 Authorities say a total of 13 train cars jumped the tracks Monday at 7:33-a.m, PST, in the Amtrak\u00a0 deadly train derailment outside Seattle, south of the city.<\/a><\/p>\n

The Amtrak train was making the first-ever run along a faster new route hurtled off an overpass and spilled some of its cars onto the highway below, killing at least six people.<\/p>\n

Hospital officials say at least two people are in critical condition and 11 others are seriously injured.<\/a><\/p>\n

Four hospitals say 50 people have been hospitalized but didn’t immediately report all of their conditions. At least one person was in surgery Monday.<\/p>\n

Seventy-eight passengers and five crew members were aboard when the train moving at more than 80 mph derailed about 40 miles (64 kilometers) south of Seattle before 8 a.m.<\/p>\n

Washington State Patrol spokeswoman Brooke Bova says the train had 12 cars and two engines traveling between Tacoma and Portland, Oregon.<\/p>\n

Bova says five vehicles and two semitrailers underneath the train on Interstate 5 were hit when cars came off the tracks from above.<\/p>\n

It wasn’t clear how many train cars fell onto the road Monday.<\/p>\n

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The Amtrak train running between Tacoma and Portland, Oregon, derailed south of Seattle as it was making its first run as part of a faster service that local authorities had warned could be dangerous.<\/p>\n

The National Transportation Safety Board says it’s sending a team, with the first members arriving Monday afternoon.<\/p>\n

Board member Bella Dinn-Zarr told reporters in Washington, D.C., that it’s too early to tell whether speed contributed to the accident.<\/p>\n

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The section of track where an Amtrak train derailed had just been upgraded as part of a $181 million project for a new faster route.<\/p>\n

Sound Transit, the public transit system for the Seattle area, owns the track and oversaw construction of the upgrades.<\/p>\n

Agency spokeswoman Kimberly Reason says extensive testing was done before the opening of the system Monday but didn’t immediately have further details.<\/p>\n

Reason says the project rerouted Amtrak trains that had been taking a slower route along a BNSF Railway line.<\/p>\n

Authorities say at least six people died when the train went off the track and sent some cars onto a highway below.<\/p>\n

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