3 killed, 100 hurt in Amtrak train derailment in Washington state

Dupont, Washington

AN AMTRAK train derailed on Monday during its inaugural run on a faster route from Seattle to Portland, Oregon, sending passenger cars tumbling from a bridge onto a major highway, killing at least three people and injuring about 100.

Thirteen of the train's 14 cars jumped the tracks near the town of DuPont, Washington State Patrol spokeswoman Brooke Bova said. Amtrak said that there were 86 people aboard, 80 of them passengers.