By Griffin Connolly, Roll Call; December 22, 2017
Sen. Maria Cantwell has sent a letter requesting a congressional inquiry into Amtrak safety procedures in light of the derailment on Monday in Washington state that killed three people and injured dozens more.
After Monday’s crash, at least 22 people have died as a result of Amtrak derailments and crashes since 2011. The train system has averaged roughly two derailments per month in recent years, Federal Railroad Administration statistics show.
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