A train which derailed in Washington State killing three people was travelling at 80 miles an hour round a bend with a 30 mile an hour speed limit, according to data from its rear engine.
72 people were hospitalised after the train came off its tracks with some carriages falling onto the motorway below.
Many of those injured are thought to be in a serioud condition after the incident near to DuPont.
It was a new route for the train, as US correspondent Simon Marks reports.
In: 'Train 501….
Out: …badly wrong."
Dur: 37 secs
http://www.fsnradionews.com/feeds/1219amtrak-marks1.mp3
72 people were hospitalised after the train came off its tracks with some carriages falling onto the motorway below.
Many of those injured are thought to be in a serioud condition after the incident near to DuPont.
It was a new route for the train, as US correspondent Simon Marks reports.
In: 'Train 501….
Out: …badly wrong."
Dur: 37 secs
http://www.fsnradionews.com/feeds/1219amtrak-marks1.mp3