Live Update 
From the Liveblog of
Monday, December 18, 2017
From the Liveblog of
Monday, December 18, 2017
Passenger train derails onto highway in Washington state
An Amtrak train has derailed roughly 40 miles (64 kilometers) south of Seattle, spilling cars onto a busy interstate.
The train derailed just before 8 a.m. this morning. All southbound lanes of Interstate 5 were closed south of Joint Base Lewis-McChord, and motorists were being warned to avoid the area.
All SB lanes of I-5 blocked near Mounts Road in Pierce County due to derailed train car. Avoid area! pic.twitter.com/SBH7dCc6yg
— WSDOT Tacoma (@wsdot_tacoma) December 18, 2017
No other information was immediately available.
The train derailed just south of Tacoma, Washington.
— AP
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