Victims of Amtrak Train Derailment Identified

The scene where an Amtrak passenger train derailed on a bridge over interstate highway I-5 in DuPont, Washington, Dec. 18, 2017. Reuters/Steve Dipaola/File Photo

A rail advocate and a transit employee were among the three people killed in Monday’s Amtrak train derailment, Fox News reported.

Zack Willhoite and Jim Hamre were killed when an Amtrak train traveling 80mph in a 30 mph zone derailed from a highway overpass and smashed onto the roadway underneath, wrecking several cars. Willhoite was a transit employee and Hamre was a rail advocate. Both were members of the Rail Passengers Association.