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We were commenting, what a great ride it is a fun trip to go to portland. and probably about 2 minutes later, my friend denise looks up and says, something is wrong with the train. i thought, read, it looks like the trestle went down. no, it was the train. we were probably a few couple hundred yards from it. we stopped, got out of our car. we ran and tried to help people. and other people or running to the scene as well. we are helping with people. lots of injuries. people eventually, it became ...

Cars that derailed, and then transition into sadly a recovery operation. all the people who were killed, we are told were passengers on the train. there were five cars, five vehicles including a semi that were hits on the freeway going southbound on interstate 5. nobody in those vehicles were killed. at least 77 people were transported to local hospitals. we understand now, at as fox news alert , they will preserve the scene as it is right now until the team gets here and can look at this. only ...

>> right now traffic is still stopped or you are getting turned around and moved out of the way? >> we are getting moved out of the way and we are close. all the traffic that is behind is being diverted any way they can. both sides of the freeway are closed at that overpass. >> eyewitness accounts provided and they are harrowing. unimaginable to be in that train car dangling over the interstate. its hard to imagine what it was like to be on that train. gathering and sending what it calls a team ...

The track and over a overpass on interstate 5. we will have continuing updates throughout the day on fox news. ♪ on this day in 1957, the first civilian nuclear power plant in the united states began production. shipping fort, atomic power station in western pennsylvania, 25 miles outside of pittsburgh. some folks who lived in the area there said, they were a little concerned about the plant since the only real knowledge of nuclear energy was that of the bombs being built to drop in world war ...

Bring that to you live with smart analysis before and after, but we want to stay on this breaking story here on the west coast. right now, rescue teams are on the scene of this deadly and grisly amtrak train derailment in washington state. investigators say the train jumped the track during the peak of morning rush hour. if you know the geography in this part of the country, this is south of tacoma. just when you look at these pictures, you think of the people who happen to be on the highway at ...

Engines and then train, and 13 pieces. all but one of the 14 pieces left those tracks and many of them jumped over the side of the trestle and onto the southbound lane of interstate 5. killing at least six people and injuring dozens and dozens of others. this was a highly controversial project. this real project cost $181 million to create a new route. a high-speed train from basically tacoma to portland, and it was all intended to shave roughly 10 to 15 minutes off a passenger train trip from t...

Canada down to mexico. it was loaded with cars. when night train jumped the track, there was lots of people rushing to the rescue. of those who are on the track, this is a stretch of track that goes straight and parallel known interstate 5, and then takes a sharp turn, a left-hand turn, over the freeway, and that is exactly where the derailment happened this morning. of course, speed will be looked at. a lot of things will be looked at. we understand that the top speed here is supposed be 79 mil...

By the way, the pictures you have on screen that im looking at from my office in d.c., there is that one car that not only landed on i-5, but landed upside down. this is a nightmare itch image. . >> the sheriff told us a little while ago, they see that one car and we are showing it right now, dangling over interstate 5, but there are three or four more upside down where you cant see them. he said the department trains for these situations, but this is extraordinary. >> this is way, way, way ou...

Earlier. and we will do everything we can over the next few days and weeks to support these passengers and their families. i can share with you the fact that we know at this time. amtrak cascade train 501 derailed at 7:33 pacific time with some cars leaving the overpass to highway i5. it consists of 14 cars including two locomotives. it was be led by a charger locomotive, and a p52 was trailing and was not under power. there was also 12 cargo passenger cars including business class and coach car...

At this point. im trying to get in touch with amtrak, but until i can get an update, i cant give information. >> is it difficult to get in touch with amtrak? >> obviously it is. my phone is blowing up and im having trouble getting in touch with them and they are filtering out my phone call versus media. as soon as they get back to me, i will give you more information. >> where were the injured being taken? >> was the rescue under way? >> yes, it is. >> what is happening right now? >> that would ...