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Additionally as well with amtrak. >> that is our affiliate king. jo ling can he nkent out there . they don't think at this point there's no fatalities from those in the cars on the interstate. there are multiple casualties, correct? >> reporter: that's right. there's multiple fatalities in the train. those riding below in the car going southbound, the pierce county sheriff's office is saying that nobody, no fatalities in the car down below on the road. i-5 continues to be completely closed. this is major artery on the west coast in the middle of rush hour traffic. they confirmed the first repo...

Breaking news out of washington state this hour where an amtrak train runs off the track off a bridge and onto an interstate. a local reporter was on the train before it derailed. >> very difficult to process that we were on that exact train about 10, 15 minutes before it derailed. that breaking news. good day. amtrak train 501 derailing on a southbound route between tacoma and olympia, washington. there are injuries and multiple casualties. they do not have exact numbers. emergency crews and first responders are rushing to the scene. national traffic safety board officials are gathering inf...

Photographs, the lead locomotive seems to be intact and on the track. the other car is hanging off the overpass. the fortunate thing it's easy access for emergency people but i fear there has to be some casualties on this train. it looks pretty bad. i don't know. this is, as you said, the first day that they ran the new route but i highly suspect at least the initial indications are it may have struck something on the track. >> jon: the information that you are getting is that there was a truck or some kind of vehicle on the track? >> initially there was a transportation working on the track. ...

Why this happened, what exactly went wrong when this train derailed. the cascades train 501 nose diving off of that overpass there. they do say that on the other side of the bridge and we do not seem to have pictures of that yet but you can see the wooded area behind the trains that several cars are also upside down in that area as well. some people were able to walk away from the accident and they are being treated in those tents. >> thank you so much. we'll bring you more as we get it. coming up, an nbc news exclusive. what he knew. exclusive new reporting about what candidate donald trump l...

Between injuries and casualties. but clearly we will find out a lot more, jon, in the coming minutes and hours. jon. >> jon: jonathan hunt reporting from los angeles for us. jonathan, thank you. so yeah, very serious accident as jonathon was just telling us. you can see the evidence of it on the picture, the large picture on your screen right now. that's an amtrak train. its first day of service for the new amtrak cascades line and something went terribly wrong. injuries and casualties as jonathan hunt was just telling us. how many we do not know. interstate 5, a main artery for that part of w...