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Amtrak Cascades passenger train 501, derailed near DuPont, Washington, a city in United States near Olympia, Washington killing six people, and injuring 70 others.
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Amtrak Cascades
Amtrak service between Vancouver, BC, and Eugene, OR
The Amtrak Cascades is a passenger train route in the Pacific Northwest, operated by Amtrak in partnership with the U.S. states of Washington and Oregon. It is named after the Cascade mountain range that the route parallels. The 460-mile (740 km) corridor runs from Vancouver,…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
2017 Washington train derailment
2017 train accident in Washington, US
Amtrak Cascades Train 501 was a derailed train near DuPont, Washington, United States, on December 18, 2017. The National Transportation Safety Board's (NTSB) final report said regional transit authority Sound Transit failed to take steps to mitigate a curve at the accident…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
DuPont, Washington
City in Washington, United States
DuPont is a city in Pierce County, Washington, United States. The population was 10,151 at the 2020 census. Originally a company town, the city is named after the DuPont chemical company which operated an explosives manufacturing plant in the area from 1909 to 1975.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Olympia, Washington
Capital city of Washington, United States
Olympia is the capital city of the U.S. state of Washington. The population was 55,605 at the 2020 census, while the Olympia metropolitan statistical area has an estimated 300,000 people. Olympia is the county seat of Thurston County and anchors the South Puget Sound region of…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)