Train carriage falls on US motorway
Train carriages have plummeted on to a motorway in Washington state, causing "multiple" fatalities, police say. The train derailed and the carriages fell on to the I-5 highway below. Images from the scene show that all the carriages of the high speed train appear to have left the track. It was Amtrak's first passenger service to run on a new, shorter route, connecting Olympia and Tacoma. Train 501 had left Seattle, heading south for Portland, at 0600 local time.
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