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Train Tumbles Off Overpass in Deadly Amtrak Crash

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Images from the scene of an Amtrak train that derailed on Interstate 5 in DuPont, Washington, U.S., on Monday. The crash resulted in multiple injuries and deaths.

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Multiple fatalities were reported after an Amtrak passenger train derailed on a bridge over I-5 in Washington state.

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Three cars and two semis were hit by an Amtrak passenger train that jumped the tracks in Washington state. Miraculously, all people in the cars survived.

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First responders are seen at the scene of an Amtrak passenger train which derailed and is hanging from a bridge over the interstate highway (I-5) in DuPont, Washington, U.S., December 18, 2017.

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77 people were reportedly transported to local hospitals after an Amtrak passenger train derailed on a bridge over Washington state's interstate highway I-5.

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Washington state's governor Jay Inslee declared a state of emergency after a horrific Amtrak derailment early Monday morning.

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An Amtrak train on a new high-speed route between Seattle and Portland derailed on its inaugural journey Monday, causing multiple fatalities and injuries.

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Parts of an Amtrak passenger train at the scene of derailment on interstate highway (I-5) is seen in this Pierce County Sheriff's Department image moved on social media in DuPont, Washington, U.S., December 18, 2017.

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First responders are at the scene of an Amtrak passenger train which derailed and is hanging from a bridge over the I-5 in DuPont

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Officials investigate the scene where an Amtrak passenger train derailed on a bridge over interstate highway I-5 in DuPont, Washington, U.S. December 18, 2017.

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