Dupont Digs

There was a train derailment in 2017

One of the people killed was Benjamin Gran

>Officials say Gran had been ordered to a lifetime of supervised release following a felony conviction for child pornography. He served two years in prison and was released in 2015.

Also Jim Hamre and Zach Willhoite

>Fowler met Willhoite through Hamre. “They were soul-mates. They went with me on tours I led to Europe and the world. We ate pizza together, laughed together, saw glorious scenery and wonderful place… I’m going to have to be unusually quiet for me to take this in, but oh God what a bloody waste. Three fatalities too many and all of us knew two of them and they were so fine,” Fowler wrote.

https://q13fox.com/2017/12/20/third-victim-of-washington-amtrak-derailment-identified-as-auburn-man/

https://heavy.com/news/2017/12/zack-willhoite-jim-hamre-amtrak-victims-photos-derailment/

>President Donald Trump used the deadly derailment to call for more infrastructure spending in a tweet sent about three hours after the accident. He said the wreck shows “more than ever why our soon to be submitted infrastructure plan must be approved quickly.” The accident happened on a newly completed bypass.

https://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/article190312794.html