https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo...ass-in-washington-causing-multiple-fatalities
On the very first day, the very first ride, the train derailed.
https://www.seattletimes.com/seattl...p-comfort-victims-of-washington-amtrak-crash/
The tail engine.
Front engine.
Looks like that engine took out a few trees before stopping on the road.
https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/train-derails-from-bridge-onto-interstate-5-near-olympia/
From the Amtrak speed tracking site.
On the very first day, the very first ride, the train derailed.
https://www.seattletimes.com/seattl...p-comfort-victims-of-washington-amtrak-crash/
Konzelman went to attend to the people who were pinned.
“There’s not a lot you can do with somebody pinned beneath the train. I talked to them and tried to to calm them down and comfort them,” he said.
“I just told him, man, you’re looking so good … you’re doing great, just relax. You might be here for a little while. Make yourself comfortable. … I rubbed his back and held his hand. I asked him what his kids’ names were and what his wife’s name was.”
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Rodriguez praised the combined work of bystanders who left their cars and emergency workers who quickly began helping people out of train cars and assisting the injured. He cited the efforts of a detective and sergeant from his department who also responded.
“This is not my typical Monday,” said Rodriguez, 46, who served 24 years in the Army and Army and Coast Guard reserves before joining the Steilacoom department in 2003 and working his way up the ranks. He has been chief for two years.
The tail engine.
Front engine.
Looks like that engine took out a few trees before stopping on the road.
https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/train-derails-from-bridge-onto-interstate-5-near-olympia/
"...In this stretch of track, a train engineer faces the challenge of decelerating in a short space, when approaching the curve and bypass, said John Hiatt, a longtime private investigator in train safety disputes. A downward grade coming into that curve, you’ve got that working against you. You’ve got to make a pretty good estimate of how to get that down from 81 to 30,” Hiatt said of the track, located near Mounts Road outside of DuPont. “From what I’ve heard, there were several complaints by engineers about this.”
From the Amtrak speed tracking site.
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