The Latest: NTSB: Derailed train going 80 mph in 30 mph zone
DUPONT, Wash. — The Latest on an Amtrak train derailment in Washington state (all times local):
11:52 p.m.
Federal investigators say the Amtrak train that derailed south of Seattle was travelling at 80 mph in a 30 mph zone.
Bella Dinh-Zarr, an NTSB board member, said at a Monday night news conference that information from the event data recorder in the rear locomotive provided information about the train’s speed. Authorities say at least three people were killed and dozens injured when the train derailed early Monday morning, spilling train cars onto a busy interstate.