Train No. 519 had left Vancouver, B.C. just before 8 p.m. and was heading south toward Seattle when it crashed into a tree that had fallen on the tracks near the town of Silvana.
An Amtrak engineer escaped serious injury when a tree impaled the front cab of a train caught in Tuesday’s bomb cyclone-fueled windstorm near Seattle.Train No. 519 had left Vancouver, B.C. just before 8 p.m. and was heading south toward Seattle when it crashed into a tree that had fallen on the tracks near the town of Silvana, about 50 miles north of the Emerald City, Amtrak officials said.
Gusts reached 50-75 mph, and over 700,000 electrical customers lost power during the peak of the storm. Two people were killed by falling trees and at least two others were injured.Nearly 200,000 customers still remained without power three days later.
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