Wreckage strewn across a wide area. It is interesting that the front of the train is still intact on the track, but many carriages have come com pletely track, but many carriages have come completely off the track and one is hanging over the freeway, the interstate five which goes the full length of the west coast of america. More than 70 people have been treated in hospital. There are reports of several fatalities. We are still seeking confirmation on that. As for the cause of this derailment, we dont know. There is a lot of speculation locally that speed of the train might have had something to do with it. This was a new route for this train, day one. It was a new route designed to be faster on a railway previously used forfreight trains, faster on a railway previously used for freight trains, but improvements had been made to make it possible for passenger trains to follow this route. So that is clearly one of the lines of investigation. But the focus is still on the injured and get
Is declared the new leader of south africas governing party, the anc. Following the killing of British Embassy worker rebecca dykes in lebanon local Police Arrest a man, believed to be a taxi driver. And from nurse to bishop, Sarah Mullally becomes the most senior woman in the church of england, appointed bishop of london. Its 5 oclock. Breaking news from johannesburg, lets see the images in south africa. A very significant election has taken place. We have the congratulations, because Cyril Ramaphosa has been duly elected as the leader of the anc, the ruling party in south africa. He beat the former foreign minister, Nkosazana Dlamini zuma, by 2240 votes, to 2461. He is the Deputy President currently, in line for greater things, because he hasjust been elected leader of the anc in johannesburg. The electoral commission, doing lots of its work this afternoon, looking and monitoring at the validity of the vote. There were talks about a conference of recount at one point, as it is, we be
More time, this live look at the situation. At this very minute. You can see there, the train still dangling from the tracks. This is the southbound side of interstate 5. It is still shut down. The derailment happened just before 8 00 this morning. There were at least 78 people onboard the train, itself, when it crashed. It was traveling about 81 miles an hour. And it was actually the first train carrying paying customers on a new route for amtrak. It was reportedly equipped with a brand new locomotive. The first car was on the ground, the second car was, like, the passenger, was down and the third was dangling and the fourth and fifth were up on theprobably about 30, 40 peoplet on the freeway just standing, like, about 20 ems started flooding toward the area. And right now, as we take another live look out there, this derailment has actually impacted Amtrak Service all across the west coast. Including right here in california. The coast starlight runs through the bay area. I also want
Amtrak 501, emergency, we are on the ground. Thats a first tonight. Lets get started. We are all over the three parts of this big breaking story tonight. Heres whats ahead. Transportation reporter pete muntean talks about the trains speed. Weve got a reporter on scene, too. But first lets set the scene for you. It is a jumbled mess. There were 14 cars on this train. Most of them jumped the tracks. There were about 80 passengers on board and a crew of five when the train rounded a curb over interstate 5 and derailed. Listen to the conversation between the trains conductor and dispatchers. Amtrak 501, emergency. We are on the ground. Hey, guys, what happened . We were coming around the corner to take the bridge over i5 there right north of nisqually and we went on the ground. Is everybody okay . Im st weve got cars everywhere and down onto the highway. The drivers whose cars were hit by the falling train were injured. None of them, though, are among the dead tonight. That crash scene you
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