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Jury in DuPont Amtrak derailment case to decide compensation for 'awful injuries'
Jury in DuPont Amtrak derailment case to decide compensation for ‘awful injuries’
BY ALEXIS KRELL
SEPTEMBER 04, 2019 06:20 AM, UPDATED SEPTEMBER 04, 2019 11:57 PM
A trial in the case of several people suing Amtrak for a derailment that injured them near DuPont started Tuesday.
The Dec. 18, 2017 derailment killed three people and injured dozens. Among the injured were 26-year-old Aaron Harris, 29-year-old Dale Skyllingstad, and 24-year-old Blaine Wilmotte. ... Attorneys made opening statements in their case in U.S. District Court in Tacoma. Others injured in the derailment await trial.
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The train was making its first public trip on a new, faster route from Seattle to Portland when it derailed. ... There were 77 passengers and six crew members on board.
The derailment killed 35-year-old Zack Willhoite, 61-year-old and Jim Hamre and 40-year-old Benjamin Gran. ... The National Transportation Safety Board has said the train was going more than twice the speed limit when it hit a curve, because the engineer lost track of where he was on the route.
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Alexis Krell covers local, state and federal court cases that affect Pierce County. She started covering courts in 2016. Before that she wrote about crime and breaking news for almost four years as The News Tribune’s night reporter.
BY ALEXIS KRELL
SEPTEMBER 04, 2019 06:20 AM, UPDATED SEPTEMBER 04, 2019 11:57 PM
A trial in the case of several people suing Amtrak for a derailment that injured them near DuPont started Tuesday.
The Dec. 18, 2017 derailment killed three people and injured dozens. Among the injured were 26-year-old Aaron Harris, 29-year-old Dale Skyllingstad, and 24-year-old Blaine Wilmotte. ... Attorneys made opening statements in their case in U.S. District Court in Tacoma. Others injured in the derailment await trial.
....
The train was making its first public trip on a new, faster route from Seattle to Portland when it derailed. ... There were 77 passengers and six crew members on board.
The derailment killed 35-year-old Zack Willhoite, 61-year-old and Jim Hamre and 40-year-old Benjamin Gran. ... The National Transportation Safety Board has said the train was going more than twice the speed limit when it hit a curve, because the engineer lost track of where he was on the route.
....
Alexis Krell covers local, state and federal court cases that affect Pierce County. She started covering courts in 2016. Before that she wrote about crime and breaking news for almost four years as The News Tribune’s night reporter.