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Dupont, washington with breaking developments from overnight. >> reporter: the question is why amtrak launched its high-speed passenger train service before activating special technology, control technology that might have prevented what we saw here, positive train control, slowing a speeding train. >> huge supporters, positive train control, capital allocated to get it done, putting all the resources on, no one wants positive train control more than amtrak. >> railroads are under government orders to install technology by next year. it is expected to be completed on the span where this train

A new kind of network designed to save you money. call, visit, or go to xfinitymobile.com. confusion and contradiction in the wake of that deadly amtrak crash in washington state that killed three people. officials say the stretch of track where the train derailed did not have positive train control. a system that automatedly slows down and stops a speeding train. a different safety system was in place, one that most likely would not have prevented the derailment. >> we have confirmed that ptc

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. the shattered windows there, and the shades crushed in. tonight, we've now learned the train was tra...

Good right? yeah. lactaid. the milk that doesn't mess with you. confusion and contradictions in the wake of that deadly amtrak crash in washington state that killed three people. officials now saying the stretch of track did not have positive train control. it's a system that automatically slows down and stops a speeding train. the ntsb says a different safety system was in place, one that

>> jon: fox news alert now. federal investigators in the deadly amtrak wreck wanted to know whether the engineer might have been distracted by a second person in his cab as the train hit the curve as more than twice the speed limit. we have details on this from dupont, washington another concern for investigators. >> the big question is here why amtrak launched the high speed service before activating speed control technology that might have prevented a derailment like we saw here monday. this technology is known as positive train control. it is able to stop or slow down a speeding train and a...