The Latest: Train's emergency brake automatically activated
DUPONT, Wash. (AP) — The Latest on an Amtrak train derailment in Washington state (all times local):3:50 p.m.
U.S. investigators say preliminary information indicates that the emergency brake on the Amtrak train that derailed in Washington state went off automatically.
National Transportation Safety Board member Bella Dinh-Zarr told reporters Tuesday that the brake was not manually activated by the engineer.
She says they're reviewing the event data recorder from the lead locomotive after having already retrieved the device from the rear engine, which showed the train was going 80 mph in a 30 mph zone.
Dinh-Zarr confirmed two people were in the cab: the engineer and a conductor who was training.