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All lanes of interstate 5 in washington state are back open this morning for the first time since mondays deadly derailment that killed three people and injured about 100 others. crews lifted the last of the derailed cars off the roadway on wednesday. the investigation shifting back to washington, d.c., where the national transportation safety board is reviewing the trains black boxes. >> investigators still trying to figure out why the train came around a 30-mile-an-hour curve at 80 miles an ho...

Happened to be driving by and risked their lives to help strangers. first, kyung lah has the latest on the investigation. kyung? >> reporter: john, you can see that interstate 5 is now open. thats because all parts of this train that derailed have been moved off of the freeway. they are going to be looked at. the black boxes are now at the ntsb lab. they are being analyzed. investigators that we are told at the very last news conference that they have not yet been able to interview the staff of ...

The high-speed train derailment in washington state that killed three people and hurt 100. "we are terribly sorry to the people that are involved." at least 24 people are still hospitalized. tonight i want to tell you the story of three soldiers who risked their lives to help strangers. first, kyung lah has the latest on the investigation. kyung? >> reporter: john, you can see that interstate 5 is now open. thats because all cars have been moved off the freeway. they are going to be looked at. t...

Wasnt until i came to and i could get a sense of -- i looked out the front of the train where there should be another passenger car, and i just saw forest. >> snyder says he suffered only minor injuries. so, too, did charlie and beverly, both crawled their way to safety. >> after getting myself upright and my legs unfolded, i saw her legs, and i reached down and i shook one. and she shook it back. i said you all right? she said i think so. >> it was this body lying there. he had -- hardly had an...

The maiden voyage of the new high speed service and how ironic and sad they perished in a train accident just one week before christmas. the mangled passenger cars that spilled onto the freeway have been hauled away for further examination as amtrak comes under fire for launching its new line before activating speed control technology that they say might have prevented mondays derailment. meantime a four-mile stretch of interstate 5 remains closed. moments ago state highway officials said they s...

Ptc forces speeding trains to automatically slow down. >> the locomotive was in the process of getting ptc, a system of ptc installed, but it was not yet functional. >> reporter: positive train control wont be the only safety question. >> im an advocate for safety. im not so concerned about the cost, if you cant afford to do it the best way through our community, id rather not have it there. >> reporter: the mayor don anderson and the city council fault to stop the train line citing safety conce...

This crash is that nearly half the people on that bus were killed, including a minor. david? >> all right, matt gutman, our thanks to you. we are also learning more tonight about the horror playing out for americans on that speeding train in washington state. a new, faster route on its first day being used derailing on a bend in the track. heavy equipment lifting the cars right off the broken track and right onto the highway below. we do have new images tonight of the damage inside the train. ...

Thats the technology that slows down trains and senses its going too fast. it wasnt yet activated, even though the owner of the track has installed positive train control on that it very stretch. >> 501 was making its first run on a new route between seattle and portland when the train derailed and some cars tumbled on to the rush hour traffic on the interstate below. others were left dangling over the edge. we have more from the scene. >> reporter: on its very first day on its very first run, t...

We are on the ground. we were coming around the corn tore take the bridge over i-5 and we went on the ground. >> is everybody okay? >> im still figuring that out. we have cars everywhere and down on b to the highway. >> when youre is seeing here are warning signs. warning signs for drivers that this new train line was starting. 14 new trains would be running through this community. this was an idea that was fought by at least one local mayor who said doing this was simply too dangerous. >> thank...

It senses are going too fast. the ceo says itten wasnt activated yet. >> amtrak cascades 501 made its first run between seattle and portland when the train derailed. some of the cars tumbled on to the rush hour traffic on the interstate below. others left dangling over the edge. we have more from washington. >> reporter: dave and christine, on its very first day, on its very first run, this amtrak train derailed. nearly every single passenger car came off the track on to interstate 5 below. pass...