DuPont Mayor confirms ‘mass casualty incident’ training was underway when Amtrak derailment occurred

By Shepard Ambellas, Intellihub.com; December 19, 2017

DUPONT, Wa. (INTELLIHUB) — Ironically, City Mayor Mike Courts and his team, along with numerous agencies, were conducting a training session for a ‘mass casualty incident’ closeby when the Amtrak Cascades derailment occurred killing six and sending over 70 others to the hospital.

According to the report, ‘many agencies’ were in the area planning their day for the exact same scenario as it actually played out in real-time.

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