The Latest: Governor says Amtrak will pay derailment costs
DUPONT, Wash. (AP) — The Latest on the deadly Amtrak train derailment in Washington state (all times local):
5:20 p.m.
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee says that Amtrak President Richard Anderson told him the rail company will pay the costs associated with a deadly train derailment as well as the medical and other expenses of the victims.
He also said Anderson would try to ensure a technology can automatically slow or stop a speeding train — known as positive train control — will be in place statewide before a Dec. 31, 2018 federal deadline.
That technology was not in use on the stretch of track involved in Monday's crash.