By Associated Press staff and Seattle Times Staff; September 13, 2019
TACOMA — Three people who sued Amtrak over the deadly 2017 derailment in Pierce County were awarded a total $17 million by a jury for their injuries and suffering.
Amtrak admitted negligence after its first passenger train on a new trackway flew off a curve at 80 mph near DuPont. Several railcars landed on Interstate 5, killing three people and injuring more than 60 others on Dec. 18, 2017.