Train cars ‘hanging over the overpass’

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By: The Associated Press

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TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — Chris Karnes was on the train Amtrak train that derailed south of Seattle, three or four cars back from the front.

Karnes told The Associated Press in a brief phone interview Monday morning that he was “not sure what got hit.”

He was unhurt and is now near the medical tents set up in a median area between north- and sound-bound Interstate 5, just south of DuPont, Washington.

 Karnes said: “there are several cars that are hanging over the overpass,” Karnes.

The train derailed before 8 a.m. Monday. Authorities reported “injuries and casualties” but did not immediately have more information.

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