Posted on 12/18/2017 8:44:10 AM PST by ImJustAnotherOkie
(KOMO) — PIERCE COUNTY, Wash. - All southbound lanes of Interstate 5 are closed south of Joint Base Lewis-McChord after an Amtrak train derailed and fell off an overpass onto the freeway. Some injuries have been reported. View image on Twitter View image on Twitter
Chris Karnes 🌹 @TacomaTransit The train has derailed. Emergency crews are on the scene. Massive damage. People are hurt. 10:01 AM - Dec 18, 2017 24 24 Replies 119 119 Retweets 30 30 likes Twitter Ads info and privacy
Motorists are being warned to avoid the area. "I was just shocked," said Peter Zimmerman of Olympia. "I couldn't believe it. It was like something out of a movie." State transportation officials say the train derailed near Mounts Road. View image on TwitterView image on Twitter
Danae Orlob @naenae007 @komonews 9:55 AM - Dec 18, 2017 12 12 Replies 9 9 Retweets 4 4 likes Twitter Ads info and privacy
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WSDOT Tacoma Traffic ✔ @wsdot_tacoma All SB lanes of I-5 blocked near Mounts Road in Pierce County due to derailed train car. Avoid area! 9:45 AM - Dec 18, 2017 33 33 Replies 470 470 Retweets 118 118 likes Twitter Ads info and privacy Amtrak officials said the train was the No. 501, which operates between Seattle and Portland. The train had just begun using a new high-speed route Monday morning. Lakewood city oficials had earlier expressed fears that the new route would cause serious accidents.
Amtrak service south of Seattle is temporarily suspended. Service from Seattle to points north and east is continuing to operate.
“Come back when there is that accident, and try to justify not putting in those safety enhancements, or you can go back now and advocate for the money to do it, because this project was never needed and endangers our citizens,” Anderson said.
Interesting.
An Amtrak train fell on a freeway?
That can’t be good.
This could follow the Harvey Weinstein trajectory:
Stage 1) “I am shocked. I am shocked and appalled. I never expected such a thing!”
Stage 2) “Oh, everyone knew. It was just a matter of time before this sort of thing was headline news.”
Makes one wonder if it was sabotaged...
Not a good idea to use the words “Tacoma” and “Bridge” in the same sentence
Galloping Gertie?
Ya think?
I live near there. This is before the new Amtrak route through Lakewood starts.
Good Lord! No seat belts on the train so there must be many, many injuries.
that I 5 corridor is a very heavily traveled route...can’t imagine today..
In this day and age this has to be one of the FIRST things to suspect.
Pierce Cty Sheriff’s office, per Twitter, reporting multiple casualties and fatalities.
The liberal demand for mass transit boondoggles overrides every other consideration. Prayers for the victims and people directly involved in the accident.
Sabotage?
Latest issue of “inspire” magazine (isis etc.)calls for derailing trains...
reports of multiple injuries / fatalities. WADOT appears to have turned off the Mounts Rd traffic cams
Looks like grade separation can have some unintended risks too.
A committed terrorist is limited only by his imagination. Have to wonder if ISIS or some other jihadist site is giving instructions how to sabotage tracks to cause derailments. A derailment over a highway in the early morning hours is very suspicious. A skillful terrorist could have done his work on an unguarded bridge under the cover of darkness.
NBC is also reporting multiple deaths.
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