tim family will have the awards in hand by june. >>> good afternoon everyone i'm ukee washington. >>> i'm jessica dean. "eyewitness news" reporter joe holden is live near crash scene in port richmond with the very latest details on this settlement, he joe. >> good afternoon. that infamous section of rail is just over my shoulder where amtrak train 188, wrecked eight dead, 200 hurt. they reached a 265 million-dollar settlement, federal judge approved a deal setting up what lawyers say is largest settlement ever reached in the u.s., rail disaster. >> this is a, settlement, that is from inception, to resolution, will, be one of the quickest this is history of large mass tort, the catastrophe. >> reporter: eight people were killed, 200 others her night of may 12th 2015, when amtrak train, torpedoed into a sharp curve in the cities port richmond section. train, zoomed into the section of the track and doubled the posted speed. federal investigate founded that the conductor was distract. amtrak declined to comment on the settlement but attorneys say victim will be granted hearings in court, it will then be up to a federal judge, to approve recom