Hour. Traffic backed up for miles and for hours after the chp shut down a major freeway interchange before 1 00 this afternoon. The interchange of 101 280 680, and that mess caused by one man perched on the overpass. Ian, nearly seven hours of stand still traffic is what were talking about. Jessica, traffic was especially bad southbound 680 to 101. Those 20minute commutes turned into twohour drives. Reporter just before 1 00 p. M. A man stood on top of the southbound 680 to 101 interchange, threatening to jump. Traffic swells into surrounding neighborhoods and froze the freeways. About an hour and a half. Where are you coming from . Free mont. Its been like an hour now. How long does it usually take . 5, 10 minutes. The freeway shut down the roads snarled, the southbound traffic maps showing miles and miles of red. This couple gave up on driving for the day. So we figured might as well leave the car at home and walk to the store. Its faster. Because its crazy all around. Reporter and t
At the ravenswood avenue crossing. This is just off El Camino Real in a congested part of town. Barry mcsweeney is live with the latest. What have we learned . Reporter we just saw a train going by here. They are working to repair the damage here in menlo park. Im told the traffic often backs up from just a block away from this direction, and if youre not careful you can find your car sitting on a caltrain track, and maybe a train coming at you as it did today going 80 miles an hour. This pile of metal used to be an acura suv. The impact from the train so strong, the vehicles engine was knocked clear and hauled away by a different tow truck. Its a tragedy. Reporter caltrain believes about 4 00 today, the woman driving the acura started across the ravenswood crossing but traffic prevented her getting her vehicle off the tracks. Its just a basic fundamental rule. Dont stop on the tracks. Dont start across the tracks until youre sure you can get all the way across. Reporter caltrain says
Pedestrians. And a woman describing the moment of impact after an suv flipped and killed a pedestrian tonight. That woman was one of the first on the scene after an suv spun out of control. When it did that it sparked a destructive chain of events that ultimately led to a pedestrians death. Chris gordon in northwest d. C. Right now where that wrecked suv has just been moved. Chris . Reporter the clearing the scene that had been chaos. People running yelling call 911. Those that had cpr training knew there was little they could do to help. The driver of the suv lost control of the suv after a harrowing trip down h street west. This woman was heading to class. I was right at where the bus stop is there. And i just heard like an explosio large crash. She turned and saw the suv flipped over just 20 feet from r it smashed into this marble wall outside the Government Accountability office. The major crash unit is investigating the accident with the benefit of video from a camera mounted on p
More about the Trucking Company at the center of that crash. George spencer is live where he has been working this story since this afternoon. 30 homeowners in this investigation have returned home after this inferno that happened just literally behind these properties. Now our review of the federal records is raising questions about the Trucking Company as they say crashes like this one may only increase. Through the trees just before sunset you could see the trucks mangled remainedss and hear the clean up under way. The gasoline tanker flipped on its side perhaps the result of ice and excessive speed on the 25 Miles Per Hour or both. I went to the window and saw towering smoke and fire. This truck was owned by tk transport. Our review of records indicated their operating status is quote, not authorized. Their workers should not be transports Hazardous Materials like gasoline. The crash highlights broader concerns. Michael rolls of claen water action says we can expect more problems l
In kingsessing, the child did not live. Randy gyllenhaal is live at that scene and you have a picture of the car police are looking for . Yes, they were able to get surveillance fid owe from the Chinese Restaurant across the street. We have a screen shot of the vehicle in question. Witnesses say that the boy was carrying a small toy, an action figure. Surveillance video shows this black suv on the right side of the screen. The driver hits the boy, throws him 20 feet and then runs over him. Bystanders rushed to help as the driver fled. He was so little so it was very hard to watch. Theyre looking for a black suv, maybe a ford edge with a female driver behind the wheel. The driver left the scene north. Witnesses say the child lived right here in the neighborhood. His mother came to the scene minutes after the accident. It was terrible she was crying, crying the babys name. Something i would never want anybody to go through. Now that 4yearold boy was transported to the Childrens Hospital