Washington Amtrak Derailment
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Timmy Brodigan is currently in ICU at the Seattle Children's Hospital.
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VIDEO: Timmy Brodigan is currently in ICU at the Seattle Children's Hospital.
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Teen paralyzed in Washington train derailment thanks good Samaritan

Timmy Brodigan is currently in ICU at the Seattle Children's Hospital.
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Sixteen-year-old Timmy Brodigan, who was critically injured in a deadly Amtrak derailment in Washington state last month.
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Authorities are looking into the possibility the train's engineer was distracted by his cellphone or another person in the locomotive at the time of the deadly accident in Washington state.
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VIDEO: Investigators look into distraction as cause of Amtrak train derailment
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County transit employee among 3 killed in Amtrak train derailment in Washington state

The NTSB said the train was going 80 mph through a curve.
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Cars from an Amtrak train lay spilled onto Interstate 5 below as some remain on the tracks above, Dec. 18, 2017, in DuPont, Wash.
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270,000-pound Amtrak locomotive moved from Wash. crash site for examination

Three were killed and many more were injured in the Monday morning crash.
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The 270,000 pound Amtak locomotive being moved from the crash site, December 20, 2017.
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The locomotive was loaded onto a special reinforced trailer, which will be carried by two tractors up Interstate 5 to Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington state officials said.
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VIDEO: The locomotive was loaded onto a special, reinforced trailer which will be carried by two tractor-trailers up Interstate-5 to Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington state officials said.
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See photos taken from inside the wrecked Amtrak train in Washington state

Three were killed in the derailment near Dupont, Washington.
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This image shows the interior of the Amtrak train after it derailed going over a bridge near Dupont, Washington, Dec. 18, 2017.
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Trump touts infrastructure plan after derailment, but proposed budget would cut Amtrak funding

Trump tweeted that the deadly derailment showed need for infrastructure plan.
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Cars from an Amtrak train that derailed spilled onto Interstate 5, Dec. 18, 2017, in DuPont, Wash. The Amtrak train making the first-ever run along a faster new route hurtled off the overpass near Tacoma.
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At least 3 dead after Amtrak train derails going 80 mph in 30-mph zone: NTSB

An Amtrak train derailed in Washington state and at least one car was left dangling off an overpass.
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Emergency crews respond to the scene of a train derailment in Washington state, Dec. 18, 2017.
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An Amtrak train on the inaugural run of a new route derailed in Washington state leaving multiple fatalities and dozens of injuries.
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VIDEO:  Amtrak derailment survivor, eyewitnesses, describe scary scene
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Investigators are trying to determine what caused the passenger train to hurtle off an overpass on its inaugural run on a new route in Washington state.
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VIDEO: At least 3 dead after Amtrak train derails
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Chris Karnes tells "GMA" what he saw and felt when an Amtrak train in which he was a passenger derailed in Washington state, killing at least three people.
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VIDEO: Derailed train survivor describes speed, moment of impact
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Washington Amtrak crash survivor describes being 'catapulted' into seats in front of him

A survivor of the Washington state derailment described being thrown into the seats in front of him.
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An aerial shot captures the wreckage of a train derailment in Washington state, Dec.18, 2017.
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Amtrak derailment witness helped victims right after crash: 'We held their hands'

A man who helped the injured after a deadly Amtrak train crash in Washington state describes the scene.
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An aerial shot captures the wreckage of a train derailment in Washington state, Dec.18, 2017.
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Passenger on derailed Amtrak train says 'everything was in slow motion'

A passenger on the Amtrak train that derailed near Tacoma, Washington, said "everything was in slow motion" as the accident happened.
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Several people who were on the Amtrak train which derailed arrive by bus, Dec. 18, 2017, in Portland, Ore.
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Derailed train was traveling down new Amtrak route

The track had recently been updated to accommodate passenger trains.
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Emergency crews respond to the scene of a train derailment over Interstate 5 in Washington state, Dec. 18, 2017.
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Scott Claggett said he was on his way to Portland for a business meeting when his train car began to lean and people started flying in the air.
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VIDEO: Passenger on derailed train said he curled into a ball praying for the train to come to a stop
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The southbound train derailed south of Tacoma, Wash.
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The southbound train derailed south of Tacoma, Wash.
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According to the Pierce County Sheriff's Office, there were "injuries and casualties" in the incident but it was not clear how many or how severe.
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VIDEO: According to the Pierce County Sheriff's Office, there were "injuries and casualties" in the incident but it was not clear how many or how severe.
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An Amtrak train on the inaugural run of a new route derailed in Washington state, leaving "multiple fatalities" and dozens of injuries after part of the train careened off an overpass onto a heavily-trafficked highway below, a local official said.
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VIDEO: An Amtrak train on the inaugural run of a new route derailed in Washington state, leaving "multiple fatalities" and dozens of injuries after part of the train careened off an overpass onto a heavily-trafficked highway below, a local official said.
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"We were going down the tracks between 70 and 80 miles an hour, I would say, and we heard a creaking, a little bit of a creaking sound," said Chris Karnes, who was on the train that derailed in Washington state.
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VIDEO: "We were going down the tracks between 70 and 80 miles an hour, I would say, and we heard a creaking, a little bit of a creaking sound," said Chris Karnes, who was on the train that derailed in Washington state.
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Amtrak train derailment a 'very scary' scene that left eyewitness feeling 'helpless'

Greg Mukai was on his way to work when he came to a sudden stop and saw smoke.
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Emergency crews respond to the scene of a train derailment in Washington state, Dec. 18, 2017.
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An Amtrak train derailed in Washington state this morning, leaving at least one of the cars dangling from an overpass over a highway, officials said.
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VIDEO: An Amtrak train derailed in Washington state this morning, leaving at least one of the cars dangling from an overpass over a highway, officials said.