Deaths As Amtrak Train Derails South Of Seattle

RACHEL LA CORTEAssociated PressTACOMA, Wash. (AP) — An Amtrak train making the first-ever run along a new route hurtled off an overpass Monday near Tacoma and spilled some of its cars onto the highway below, killing an undisclosed number of people, authorities said.
Seventy-eight passengers and five crew members were aboard when the train derailed about 40 miles (64 kilometers) south of Seattle before 8 a.m., Amtrak said.
Ed Troyer, a spokesman with the Pierce County Sheriff’s office