So it wasn't infrastructure spending? NTSB says derailed Amtrak train 'was traveling at 80mph in 30mph zone'

Here’s the latest from the NTSB on yesterday’s awful train derailment in Washington:

LATEST: NTSB confirms derailed Amtrak train was traveling at 80mph in 30mph zone.

Read more: https://t.co/qxIxjPwlBI pic.twitter.com/4q3gq4gmLG

— NBC News (@NBCNews) December 19, 2017

And “just last month,” the NTSB criticized Amtrak’s safety culture:

The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) chairman slammed Amtrak safety practices last month https://t.co/IGQcOqSGA8 pic.twitter.com/iskCXnesdj

— Michael B. Kelley (@MichaelBKelley) December 19, 2017

Time for some answers, Amtrak:

How is it that a train was going 80 mph around a curb where the speed limit was 30 mph? “That’s one of the things we’re going to be investigating,” @NTSB's Bella Dinh-Zarr says. pic.twitter.com/8otvXECynH

— CBS This Morning (@CBSThisMorning) December 19, 2017

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