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'Injuries and casualties' reported in Amtrak train derailment near Lacey
King 5 News ^ | 12-18-2017 | Jimmy Bernhard

Posted on 12/18/2017 9:12:29 AM PST by JME_FAN

A high-speed Amtrak train derailed onto Interstate 5 between Tacoma and Olympia Monday. Casualties and injuries are reported. Drivers are being told to avoid the area and expect alternate routes to be backed up.

(Excerpt) Read more at king5.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; US: Washington
KEYWORDS: 3; amtrak; train; wa; washington; washingtonstate
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To: the_boy_who_got_lost

Thanks for the map link.

It looks like the train track does an “S” curve over the freeway with two pretty sharp curves on each side.

Finding the max. speed limits there will be interesting.


81 posted on 12/18/2017 10:53:48 AM PST by az_gila
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To: JME_FAN

This would be I-5, not I-95. About 3000 miles away.


82 posted on 12/18/2017 10:56:30 AM PST by sportutegrl
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To: BenLurkin
Are there no news choppers on Seattle TV?

I was wondering that as well - Fox must not have a station in Seattle..?! Nobody with a drone?

Haven't watched 'news' for years but they don't seem to be trying very hard.

Also noticed what seems to be a lot of gawkers in uniform standing around doing nothing but watching and getting paid.

83 posted on 12/18/2017 10:56:35 AM PST by eldoradude (Keep calm...we'll get to the carrion part later.)
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To: eldoradude

Aerial shots started and are being shown on fox and cnn


84 posted on 12/18/2017 11:00:46 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: Rusty0604

How can Fake News CNN possibly blame Trump?

Unbelievable lying fake news @ssh*les.....


85 posted on 12/18/2017 11:01:48 AM PST by RooRoobird20 ("Democrats haven't been this angry since Republicans freed the slaves.")
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To: conservative98

“Obama has a train and a rail.”

Can’t wait for Jerry Shitbrindlebrown to ride his inaugural bullet train...over that bridge.


86 posted on 12/18/2017 11:03:04 AM PST by Bonemaker
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To: doug from upland
"or Antifa.....this is Seattle area"

Wasn't there some sort of beef out there where the unions/antifa didn't want a new port facility to start operating?

I dimly recall some groups threatening harm to the railroads in the area.

87 posted on 12/18/2017 11:07:27 AM PST by SnuffaBolshevik
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To: PUGACHEV

Youngsters in the San Fernando Valley liked to roll shopping carts in front of the Metrolinks. Made quite a racket.


88 posted on 12/18/2017 11:08:10 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: JME_FAN

@wspd1pio anticipates all I-5 SB lanes at Mounts Rd. will be shut down for entire day. Please follow @wsdot_tacoma for traffic alternates.

89 posted on 12/18/2017 11:09:44 AM PST by BlessedBeGod (To restore all things in Christ~~Appeasing evil is cowardice~~Francis is temporary. Hell is forever.)
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To: RooRoobird20

He’s reducing regulations and inspections they say. So stupid that a great successful builder would be to blame for that. I hate the media.


90 posted on 12/18/2017 11:10:47 AM PST by Rusty0604
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To: az_gila

Look here:

https://mobile.twitter.com/DerechoDragon/status/942827881050370048

vid cap here shows 30mph signs


91 posted on 12/18/2017 11:11:35 AM PST by outpostinmass2
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To: a little elbow grease

Of course, it’s gotta be Trump’s fault. LOL


92 posted on 12/18/2017 11:12:40 AM PST by BluegrassCardinal
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To: Deo volente

Fox reporting they may have hit a truck? But where exactly?


93 posted on 12/18/2017 11:17:09 AM PST by ilovesarah2012
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To: lodi90

Looks like the train hit something on the track. Location, on an overpass to make it worse, speaks like a deliberate act. Who could have done it? A) Islamic Terrorists? They were ordered to strike at this time of year. And strike in ways so as to escape death and fight again. B) Eco-Terrorists who hated this RR line and fought to stop it. C) Anti-Capitalist Leftists? Then again, it might be an accident—But it smells bad-—Like an act for a political motive.


94 posted on 12/18/2017 11:17:21 AM PST by Forward the Light Brigade (Into the Jaws of H*ll Onward! Ride to the sound of the guns!)
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To: the OlLine Rebel

Said they had a ribbon-cutting Friday and today was the inaugural run.


95 posted on 12/18/2017 11:18:51 AM PST by ilovesarah2012
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To: ilovesarah2012

The truck was a container semi down on the interstate. The train engine ran over the front of the truck cab. It was clearly shown on Fox TV


96 posted on 12/18/2017 11:19:29 AM PST by bert (K.E.; N.P.; GOPc;WASP .... The Fourth Estate is the Fifth Column)
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To: a little elbow grease

If it got knocked off the tracks by a meteor they would figure out how to blame it on Trump. And, of course, the usual nodding heads would nod. You just cannot take the legacy media seriously anymore.


97 posted on 12/18/2017 11:23:04 AM PST by beef
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To: ilovesarah2012; Deo volente

If intentional, it wouldn’t be the first time a truck was left on the tracks intentionally: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005_Glendale_train_crash


98 posted on 12/18/2017 11:23:17 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: JME_FAN; All

Word on Twitter which is being MASSIVELY CENSORED...

ANTIFA has a track record of sabotaging train tracks, it’s on their own blog.

It’s up to them and their lawyers (the FBI has been alerted) to explain why they thought it was cool to brag about pouring concrete on a train track.


99 posted on 12/18/2017 11:25:21 AM PST by Enlightened1
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To: JME_FAN
When I finally was able to see on aTV, it was much worse than I thought.

Listening to the radio, they said it was traveling a little over 81 mph and the speed limit in that area was/is 79 mph. Don’t know if that matters much.

100 posted on 12/18/2017 11:27:55 AM PST by Road Warrior ‘04 (Molon Labe! (Oathkeeper))
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