Train derailed in the US was running way above speed

Data from the black box showed that the locomotive was at 128.7 kilometers per hour when it should be at maximum 48 kilometers per hour

The train, which derailed Monday at DuPont and crashed onto a road in Washington state in the northwestern United States , was traveling at 128.7 kilometers per hour in an area where it was expected to reach 48.2 kilometers per hour, according to official data released on Tuesday.

A spokeswoman for the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), T. Bella Dinh-Zar, told a news conference that the data was taken from the black box of the train's locomotive. At least three people were killed and more than 100 injured in the crash. According to the  Seattle Times,  there were signs signaling the speed limit a mile from where the derailment occurred.

The train was making its maiden voyage between Seattle and Portland when thirteen of the fourteen 501 train wagons derailed and crashed into Interstate 5, which was rush hour.

The accident happened outside the town of DuPont , located 80 kilometers south of Seattle and one of the cars was suspended between the bridge and the road. Several cars crashed after the derailment, which caused injuries between the drivers and passengers of the cars, but no mortal victim. All the fatal victims were transient on the train.

The Amtrak rail service reported that on train 501, which left at 6 am Seattle, 77 passengers and seven employees of the transport company were traveling. The new route is part of a program to improve and accelerate communications in the area that together cost $ 800 million, according to data provided by the Washington State Department of Transportation