19-12-2017 18:39 via 10tv.com

Amtrak train was speeding 50 mph over limit before deadly wreck

DUPONT, Wash. (AP) —The Amtrak train that careened off an overpass south of Seattle, killing at least three people, was hurtling 50 mph over the speed limit when it jumped the track, federal investigators say.Bella Dinh-Zarr, a National Transportation Safety Board member, said at a Monday night news conference that the data recorder in the rear locomotive showed the train was going 80 mph in a 30 mph zone when it derailed along a curve, spilling railcars onto an interstate highway below.Di
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