Nobody injured when Amtrak train derails in Tukwila
By KOMO Staff Sunday, June 26th 2016
TUKWILA, Wash. -- Nobody was injured when an Amtrak train carrying 236 passengers derailed Sunday afternoon in Tukwila.
Marty Grishman with the Tukwila Fire Department said the train, which was going from Portland to Seattle, was going just 5 miles per hour when it somehow went off the rails in the area of SW Grady Way.
Emergency responders were initially worried about about a potential fuel spill, but once they assessed the damage they called off many of the initial responders.
"We launched a full deployment in the beginning. We had hazmat units responding," Grisham said.
The 236 passengers were loaded onto buses and taken to the King Street Station in Seattle to complete their journey.
Crews had the trail back on the tracks and moving by 5 p.m.
An investigation into the derailment is underway.