WUSA Wusa 9 News At 11pm December 19, 2017
Amtrak 501, emergency, we are on the ground. Thats a first tonight. Lets get started. We are all over the three parts of this big breaking story tonight. Heres whats ahead. Transportation reporter pete muntean talks about the trains speed. Weve got a reporter on scene, too. But first lets set the scene for you. It is a jumbled mess. There were 14 cars on this train. Most of them jumped the tracks. There were about 80 passengers on board and a crew of five when the train rounded a curb over interstate 5 and derailed. Listen to the conversation between the trains conductor and dispatchers. Amtra...