NTSB Board Meeting: Amtrak Passenger Train 501 Derailment, DuPont, Washington, December 18, 2017

The National Transportation Safety Board held a board meeting Tuesday to determine the probable cause of the fatal, Dec. 18, 2017, Amtrak accident near DuPont, Washington.

Three passengers were killed and 65 others including passengers, crew and occupants of highway vehicles were injured when Amtrak train 501, traveling at 78 mph, derailed from a highway overpass near DuPont, Washington. The accident happened during the first regular passenger service trip on a single main track near milepost 19.86. The lead locomotive, the power car and two passenger railcars derailed onto Interstate 5, and eight highway vehicles came into contact with the derailed equipment.

Previously released information about the accident investigation is available at https://go.usa.gov/xEsHk.

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