Amtrak engineer nearly impaled by tree slicing through train, Washington photos show
An Amtrak engineer was nearly impaled after the train struck a fallen tree as a powerful storm hit Washington, the railroad company said.
The incident happened at about 7:50 p.m. Nov. 19 in Silvana, a spokesperson for Amtrak said in a release.
The Amtrak Cascades train was carrying 48 passengers from Vancouver, British Columbia, to Seattle when it hit a fallen tree on the tracks, the company said.
Silvana is about a 45-mile drive north from Seattle.
The tree pierced the windshield, narrowly missing the engineer controlling the cart, a photo shows.
Although no one was injured, the engineer was still taken to a hospital for an evaluation before being released, the company said.
Passengers were given other transportation.
A bomb cyclone, a low pressure storm, brought winds over 70 miles per hour on Nov. 19, The Bellingham Herald reported.
The strong winds toppled trees and cut off power to thousands.
This story was originally published November 21, 2024 at 6:01 PM with the headline "Amtrak engineer nearly impaled by tree slicing through train, Washington photos show."
