Ice. We have two reports and a forecast. First adriana diaz in texas. Adriana . Reporter scott, this is one of dallas busiest highway intersections. Normally this would be bumpertobumper traffic but this onandoff sleet storm has broad roadways to a crawl. So far theres been one trafficrelated death and 300 accidents. It looked like a monster truck derby on interstate 40 just outside amarillo. 25 vehicles, mostly semis banged up and broken after sliding on icy roadways. Outside dallas, drivers had to reverse off an icy highway ramp, and one driver tried to push another up a slippery incline. Tony hartzel is from the Texas Department of transportation. Its a little more challenging because people think that its a little like snow, but its a lot slicker. It can look passable, but underneath can be black ice. Reporter at the dallas airport, more than 1,000 flights were canceled and the american sniper murder trial in stephenville was postponed. This person turned a slushy parking lot into
The tracks. Dont start on the tracks till youre sure you can get all the way across and she just got caught in traffic, apparently wasnt paying real close attention. Reporter the Fire Department rescued her from the car and rushed her to the hospital where she would later die. The intersection is busy and congested, an accident some say waiting to happen. Traffic at this intersection will back way up and then people will try and sneak across and hope they clear the intersection and then in this case the gal was just sitting there. In traffic all the time i see people stop to the tracks all the time and i just wonder why are they doing that . Reporter the crash destroyed one of the guardrails thats supposed to prevent cars from driving onto the tracks when the train is approaching. Southbound trains were stopped for several hours during the accident investigation and cleanup stranding countless passengers during their evening commute. Caltrain said they will work throughout the tight to
Driver was killed in menlo park. Well get alecia reid on that in a moment. First, jeff with the latest tragic case. Jeff . Jeff the corner just left the scene a couple minutes ago and sadly they were carrying the body. This was in a tunnel not too far away from our locations year at 16th street and mississippi. Police tell us that that man was a homeless man who was walking along the tracks that was struck by a train heading south bound. There were no passengers in sight except for the conductor. The coroner has taken the body away and cleanup crews are on scene trying to finish up with the mess so they may release the train to its destination. Pam the earlier caltrain accident was in menlo park. A mangled vehicle hit on the tracks by a train. Likely at top speed. The woman inside the car, had to be pulled from the wreckage and taken to the hospital. This video from our helicopter partnership with abc7. Kron fours alecia reid. At the scene, when word came down the woman in the car did
Hit if lawmakers dont reach an agreement. These are folks who if they dont have a paycheck arent going to be able to spend that money in your states. It will have a direct impact on your economy and a direct impact on Americas National security. Because their hard work helps to keep us safe. Nbcs tracie potts is live in washington. Tracie, what is the latest with this looming shutdown. Milissa, they are looking for options when democrat blocked any attempt to tie immigration to Homeland Security funding. Were watching Senate Policy luncheons happening in just a few hours. Normal lunches but today the focus is likely going to be if they can find a way out, if they can find a way to break this gridlock. Todays policy lunches could be key in finding a middle ground on funding Homeland Security. We cant afford to play politics with our National Security. Reporter the issue is immigration. Republicans want to get rid of the president s orders to delay deporting up to 5 million undocumented
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