Mayor Predicted Deaths On New Amtrak Line, Called It ‘Virtually Inevitable’

DUPONT, Wash. (WJZ/AP) — Just weeks before an Amtrak train derailed south of Seattle, killing three people and wounding dozens more, a local mayor predicted that people would be killed if additional safety measures weren’t taken, according to local media reports.
The section of track where a train derailed Monday had just been upgraded as part of a $181 million project for a new, faster route.
The train was going more than 80 mph about one-quarter mile before it entered a curve where