Official: Feds look at whether train engineer was distracted
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December 20, 2017
DUPONT, Wash. (AP) — Investigators are looking into whether the Amtrak engineer whose speeding train plunged off an overpass, killing at least three people, was distracted by the presence of an employee-in-training next to him in the locomotive, a federal official said Tuesday.
The official, who was not authorized to discuss the matter publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity, said investigators want to know whether the engineer lost "situational awareness" because of the second person in the cab.
The train was hurtling at 80 mph in a 30 mph zone Monday morning when it ran off the rails al...
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