Traffic is forced off at woodhaven road and there is still some vehicles trapped north of street road and north of woodhaven south of the accident and north of woodhaven. What is the traffic out there northbound . Horrendous, a dead stop people were getting out and walking around. On the highway. From street road to woodhaven road. Long time . Yes absolutely. Cleaning that mess up. Police are telling us that it could be 6 00 before i95 northbound reopens, they have to call accident investigators to the scene and clean up all the wreckage including the scrap metal out on the road, we know that one person died in this collision and its unclear who that person was and which vehicle they were riding in and we are working to collect more information, again i95 northbound is diverted at woodhaven and creating a mess on the streets of bensalem. Im sara bloomquist, channel 6 action news. Sara, thank you. Because of that mess well check in with matt pellman shortly for more of the traffic impac
1 15 this afternoon action News Reporter sara bloomquist is live now with the full story. Reporter well jim here is the deal, traffic on i95 northbound is being diverted to woodhaven road and traveling westbound on woodhaven you can see behind me coming off the ramp here on to route 13 bristol pike, you can see the taillights as all of the traffic heads northbound to street road to access i95 north again its been a mess for hours all stemming from the fatal tractor Trailer Crash on i95, its a traver nightmare all afternoon on i95 and surrounding side streets in ben salembensalem. Its crazy. Crazy. Its a mess. This is the scene from chopper 6 hd after five vehicles crashed at 1 55 this afternoon. Traffic was backed up in the northbound direction of i95 at street road because of construction, a tractor trailer hit a stopped car and careened into the second tractor trailer carrying scrap metal sending it off the highway spilling its content across the highway. Some motorists were stuck so
Police expect to talk to him more in the future. As of right now, no one has been named a suspect in the investigation. And jacqueline is joined by a team of reporters tonight covering this story from every angle. We begin with the question why the train was speeding in the first place. Nbc10s George Spencer live at the scene. You learned there are several possible explanations . Yeah jim, experts tell me that these engineers really know their routes almost as well as you or i know our own drive way. More than 24 hours later, you can see in our live pictures that the investigative scene is still active and right now, experts are focusing their attention on the engineers experience his condition and whether distraction could have played a role. Trains come past this way or go this way . Retired railroad signal foreman knows this stretch of tracks. For 45 years, hes lived across from it a long straightaway just before the curve, where the amtrak train derailed. With engineer Brandon Bost
Accident. Theres also new information from the lawyer of the amtrak engineer being investigated. He was at the controls tuesday night. Also theres no Amtrak Service between philadelphia and new york again today. We have live nbc10 team coverage. Were gathering new information in the investigation and new information on those killed. The search for the missing, were still at least one person missing in all of this. Were also looking again at how this is impacting a lot of commuters in the area. Lets start into the investigation into the derailment. Federal investigators are already poring over data taken from that train downloaded on the trains computer. Right. Theyre trying to gather enough information to find out exactly why the train jumped the tracks. Nbc10s matt delucia is live in Port Richmond. Youve gotten a better view. Explain where you are. Reporter chris and tracy, we moved on a rooftop so we have a Better Vantage Point of the scene. You can see from this height level, you ca
Why the Australian Government is threatening to euthanize john fideps two terriers. Today, thursday may 14th 2015. From nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a thursday morning. As we wake up all focus is on this 36yearold conductor that derailed two nights ago. Why he had that train going so fast when he was supposed to slow down to 50 Miles Per Hour. The search for answers in the deadly derailment of thing a track train in philadelphia. We have complete coverage the stories of the victim was died and the Safety System that could have prevented this tragedy. Natalie has made her way through the crash site. Good morning to you. Reporter good morning to you, savannah matt. Thats right, it is another busy day here behind me. Its very much an active scene. Right now, you are looking live at the locate motetive. This is where that engineer was at the controls at the time of the