Monday, 18 December 2017

At least 3 dead after Amtrak train derails from bridge onto Interstate 5 near Olympia

quote [ A passenger Amtrak train derailed near Olympia on Monday morning. It had been southbound from Seattle on the inaugural run of a new service.

Pierce County Sheriff’s spokesman Ed Troyer told news media that there were fatalities on the train and that motorists had been injured, but not killed. The extent of the injuries is not yet known.

The southbound lanes of Interstate 5 were completely blocked by the train. ]

First Amtrak train run on a newly-built bypass route.
[SFW] [travel] [+6 Sad]
[by HoZay@5:46pmGMT]

Comments

Menchi said @ 10:02pm GMT on 18th Dec [Score:3 Funsightful]
(stolen from the most prolific train traveler on my FB feed)

"Great, and now we have a namespace collision when talking about “The trainwreck in Washington”.
Fish said @ 11:46pm GMT on 18th Dec [Score:-4]
Antifa.
Menchi said[1] @ 11:50pm GMT on 18th Dec
That's the non sequitur *they* want you to be spouting.
zarathustra said @ 9:21am GMT on 19th Dec [Score:-1]
Because they stopped the trains from running on time?

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