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Former train engineer, John Hiatt, now investigates rail accidents for law firms that have sued Amtrak in the past. (KOMO News)<p></p>

FILE - In this Dec. 18, 2017, file photo, cars from an Amtrak train lie spilled onto Interstate 5 below alongside smashed vehicles as some train cars remain on the tracks above in DuPont, Wash. Federal investigators say video aboard the Amtrak train that derailed in Washington state shows crews weren't using personal electronic devices and that the engineer remarked about the speed six seconds before the train went off the tracks south of Seattle. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)

Train cars are jumbled together with vehicles below a railroad bridge at the scene of an Amtrak train crash onto Interstate 5 a day earlier Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2017, in DuPont, Wash. Federal investigators say they don't yet know why the Amtrak train was traveling 50 mph over the speed limit when it derailed Monday south of Seattle. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

FILE- In this Dec. 18, 2017, file photo, cars from an Amtrak train that derailed lie spilled onto Interstate 5 in DuPont, Wash. Federal investigators say video aboard the Amtrak train that derailed in Washington state shows crews weren't using personal electronic devices and that the engineer remarked about the speed six seconds before the train went off the tracks south of Seattle. (Bettina Hansen /The Seattle Times via AP, File)

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