Several motorists in vehicles that were struck by the fallen train cars suffered injuries, but there were no fatalities among people in those vehicles, the sheriff's office said.

The following rail cars derailed in a jumble on both sides of the track, with some falling to the highway and landing on vehicles and one rail car dangling precariously over the highway. Apparently, a lead engine ran off the track while crossing or approaching an open trestle over I-5. in DuPont, about 20 miles south of Tacoma, near the Billy Frank Jr. These are the questions investigators will be asking about the derailment Photos from the scene show at least one train car on the road, with another dangling over it. The National Transportation Safety Board announced it is sending a 20-member team to investigate. A passenger on the train says his car derailed and everyone 'catapulted' into the seat in front of them. The train had 14 cars, including two engines, said Brook Bova of the Washington State Patrol. PTC is a technology that automatically slows down, and eventually stops, a train if it senses it is going too fast. Amtrak President & Co-CEO Richard Anderson said 'Positive Train Control' was not activated on the tracks when the derailment happened. Four of them suffered serious injuries, according to Cary Evans, spokesman for CHI Franciscan Health. About 77 people were transported to hospitals in Pierce and Thurston counties, officials said. Troyer said there were 'multiple fatalities' but couldn't provide a precise number. 'We just don't know until they can shore up those train cars and get in there and search them.' 'We know that there's nobody alive in them at this point, but there are some other fatals that we are probably going to find,' Troyer said.

More than 100 people were taken to hospitals, he said.ДЄn Amtrak passenger train on its first trip on a new service route derailed Monday morning near DuPont, Washington, spilling 13 cars off an Interstate 5 overpass and killing several people, according to the spokesman for the Pierce County Sheriff's Office and the Washington State Patrol.ДЄll the deaths were contained to the train, said Ed Troyer, the Pierce County Sheriff's Office spokesman, adding that some of the rail cars were not yet safe to search. The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, or Amtrack, said in a statement that 78 passengers and five crew members were on board the train at the time of the crash.ДЄmtrak said in an earlier tweet that Amtrak service south of Seattle is temporarily suspended, but service from Seattle to points north and east is continuing to operate.(CNN) - At least three people were killed when an Amtrak train derailed outside Tacoma on a new route between Seattle and Portland, DuPont Fire Chief Larry Creekmore said Monday night. The Amtrak train running between Tacoma and Portland, Oregon derailed and overturned in the Pierce County. The Pierce County Sheriff's Department of Washington state said it has not released any numbers on fatalities in the Amtrak train derailment at the moment. 'Victims from the Amtrak train that derailed in DuPont are at 3 of our hospitals,' it tweeted earlier. The Washington State Patrol said altogether 13 of the 14 total cars of Amtrak train 501 derailed south of Seattle in Washington state on the US west coast.ДЄt least one rail car fell off a bridge over a traffic-clogged highway, while five motor vehicles and two semis were hit on freeway below.Дespite the lack of accurate official account of deaths and injuries, MultiCare Health, a non-profit network of hospitals and clinics, said 22 people were taken to three hospitals for treatment of injuries from the derailment of the AMTRAK train near Tacoma in Washington state. The scene where an Amtrak passenger train derailed on a bridge over interstate highway I-5 in DuPont, Washington, US, Dec 18, 2017.

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