WHAT IVE BEEN READING, TOM, THEY WERE POSITIVE TRAIN CONTROL
YOU DISCUSSED SO MANY TIMES IN TERMS OF ADDED SAFETY FEATURE IN
THAT AREA.
THAT AREA.
WE WANT TO GO BACK TO SEATTLE.
THEYRE TALKING TO A WITNESS
NOW.
LETS LISTEN.
>> Reporter: DEFINITELY LOOKED
LIKE THERE WAS A LOT OF BIG MESS
AND STUFF GOING DOWN. VERY DEVASTATING AND TRAUMATIC
SCENE DOWN HERE.
>> ARE YOU SEEING FIRST
RESPONDERS IN THE WRECKAGE?
HAVE YOU SEEN IT YET?
WHAT ARE THEY DOING?
>> Caller: THEY WERE JUST --
THEY KIND OF BACKED EVERYONE UP
SO YOU COULDNT SEE TOO WELL. BUT BEFORE MOST OF THEM GOT.
BUT BEFORE MOST OF THEM GOT THERE, YOU COULD GET SOMEWHAT
CLOSE TO WHAT WAS GOING ON A
LITTLE BIT.
LITTLE BIT.
BUT THEYRE KIND OF -- THE THING
WAS DANGLING OFF THE TRACKS
THERE.
>> THERE WERE PEOPLE IN THE
THIRD CAR.
OBVIOUSLY IT WAS APP AN AMTRAK
TRAIN.
WHAT DID YOU SEE SPECIFICALLY?
>> Caller: THE FRONT OF IT, IT
LOOKED LIKE, IT WAS HANGING OFF
AND ANOTHER ONE PILED ON TOP. IT LOOKS LIKE THE THIRD CAR WAS
PILED ON TOPSIDEWAYS.
IT WAS KIND OF ON TOP OF CARS.
>> DOES IT LOOK LIKE THE TRAIN
FELL ON CARS BELOW, COULTER, ON
I-5?
>> Caller: YEAH.
THATS WHAT IT APPEARS TO LOOK LIKE. WHAT IT APPEARS TO LOOK
LIKE.
>> OH, MY GOD.
>> DID I HEAR YOU SAY IT APPEARED CARS ALSO, THEN, RAN
INTO IT?
INTO IT? >> Caller: THATS WHAT IT LOOKED
LIKE.
LIKE.
YEAH.
IT LOOKS LIKE CARS CRASHED INTO THE SIDE OF IT.ARS CRASHED INTO
THE SIDE OF IT. BEFORE THEY COULD STOP.
>> OH.
>> OH. >> FROM WHAT YOU TELL, WERE THE
INJURIES ON THE TRAIN OR IN THE
CARS OR BOTH, DO YOU THINK?
>> Caller: LOOKED LIKE BOTH.
IT LOOKED LIKE IT WAS COMING
FROM BOTH SIDES THERE.
>> THIS MUST BE HORRIBLE FOR YOU
TO HAVE SEEN SOMETHING LIKE
THIS.
THIS.
I MEAN, YOU SOUND CALM, BUT YOU
CANT BE.
>> Caller: YEAH, I WAS IN FRONT OF IT.ler: YEAH, I WAS IN FRONT
OF IT.
IT WAS NERVE WRACKING SICK TO YOUR STOMACH AFTER SEEING THIS
NOW.
NOW.
>> OH, GOSH. >> WOW, OKAY.
>> WE CANT IMAGINE.
>> HAVE YOU SEEN ANYBODY WALKING
AWAY FROM THE TRAIN?
>> Caller: NO.
THEY HAVE EVERYONE PRETTY
BLOCKED OFF.
BLOCKED OFF. PRETTY FAR BACKED UP MAKING
PEOPLE TURN AROUND.
>> OKAY.
>> OKAY. >> Caller: NOT LETTING YOU GET
CLOSE.
CLOSE.
GET SOME ROOM FOR AID CARS.
>> IS THAT WHAT THEYRE DOING? THEY TURNED THE TRAFFIC AROUND
OR THE TRAFFIC COMPLETELY
STOPPED?
STOPPED?
THEY SHUT DOWN THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION CAMERA.ARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION CAMERA. >> Caller: YEAH.
ITS PRETTY BACKED UP A WAYS.
THEYRE TRYING TO GET PEOPLE TO
TURN AROUND, BUT MAINLY GETTING
PEOPLE OFF TO THE SIDE SO THEY
CAN GET MORE HELP OUT THERE.
THATS WHAT THE SHERIFFS WERE
SAYING.
SAYING.
>> IS THIS AN AREA THAT IS HOME TO YOU?HIS AN AREA THAT IS HOME
TO YOU?
DO YOU LIVE IN THIS AREA?
IS IT A PART OF YOUR DAILY COMMUTE?PART OF YOUR DAILY
COMMUTE?
>> Caller: UMM, YEAH, WE GO DOWN
TO TACOMA EVERY DAY.
IT LOOKS LIKE THEY HAVE EVERY
SHERIFF FROM EVERY COUNTY AROUND
HERE NOW.
>> YEAH.
ITS A MASS RESPONSE.
IS THERE ANYTHING WE DIDNT ASK
YOU THAT YOU COULD SHED LIGHT ON
ABOUT WHAT YOUVE SEEN DOWN
THERE TODAY?
>> Caller: I THINK THATS ABOUT
IT.
JUST A MESS AND CATASTROPHIC NOW. A MESS AND CATASTROPHIC
NOW.
>> WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE TIME.RECIATE YOU
TAKING THE TIME. WE REALLY DO.
WE HOPE YOURE GOING TO BE OKAY
AFTER SEEING SOMETHING SO
HORRIBLE TODAY, KOLTER.
WE APPRECIATE YOU SHARING WITH
US TODAY.
US TODAY. >> K-5S COVERAGE OUT OF SEATTLE
OF THIS TRAIN CALAMITY THAT
OCCURRED SOUTH OF SEATTLE IN THE
AREA BETWEEN TACOMA AND OLYMPIA,
WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON.
DUPONT IS THE CLOSEST TOWN WE
HAVE THERE.
THIS PHOTOGRAPH, OBVIOUSLY,
TAKEN AFTER THE INCIDENT.
YOU DONT SEE ANY EMERGENCY
VEHICLES THERE.
WHAT YOU SEE IS CARS THAT
STOPPED WHERE THEY COULD.
ACCORDING TO THAT WITNESS, SOME
OF THOSE CARS MAY HAVE STRUCK
THE WRECKAGE.
YOU CAN SEE WHERE YOUR -- WITH
YOUR OWN EYES HOW IT CAME DOWN IN THE ROADWAY ITSELF.AME DOWN
IN THE ROADWAY ITSELF. ITS OBVIOUSLY A MAJOR