According to preliminary data, 83 people were hospitalized. According to the newspaper Seattle Times, referring to the words of the representative of the sheriff of the district of Pierce, there are "numerous victims", as well as injured both the passengers of the train, and the drivers and passengers of cars, which collapsed derailed car.

At the moment, there are 70 people in the hospital. According to doctors, four people are in critical condition, another nine in a hard but stable condition.

The police also reported that five cars and two semi-trailers were damaged.

Recall, as reported URA-Inform, in the state of Washington train with about 83 passengers of the company Amtrak derailed, as a result of which one of his cars fell from the railway bridge to the highway. On board there were about 78 passengers and five crew members.

The company operator Amtrak reported that the speedy 501 train that crashed for the first time went on a route between Seattle and Portland.