Multiple fatalities, dozens injured in Amtrak crash near DuPont. WA
An unknown number of people are dead and multiple people are injured after an Amtrak Cascades train derailed and crashed onto southbound Interstate 5 between Tacoma and Olympia.
A high-speed Amtrak train derailed onto Interstate 5 near DuPont between Tacoma and Olympia Monday. Multiple fatalities were reported, but officials at the scene would not confirm how many, They said some train cars were so heavily damaged, they could not be immediately searched. Seventy-seven people went to area hospitals
Drivers were being told to avoid the area and expect alternate routes to be backed up for a couple of days.
Governor Jay Inslee has declared a state of emergency.
"No one knows what happened in this incident. I've had some preliminary information, but there's no conclusions that anyone can reach, at all, about any source. So we as humans always want to have those answers. You can be assured we're going to get those answers," Inslee said.
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