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Authorities Investigate Amtrak Crash, Say They're 'Not Ruling Anything Out'

NTSB Vice Chairman Bruce Landsberg at the scene of the Amtrak derailment in northern Montana.
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​NTSB Vice Chairman Bruce Landsberg at the scene of the Amtrak derailment in northern Montana.

Federal authorities investigating an Amtrak passenger train derailment that killed three people near Joplin, Montana Saturday say the train was not exceeding the speed limit, but it’s too early to say what caused the crash. Montana Public Radio’s Shaylee Ragar reports.

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Shaylee is a UM Journalism School student. She reports and helps produce Montana Evening News on MTPR.