Teenager. As witnesses desperately tried to warn ho get live from the cbs bay area studios this is kpix5 news. A train hits and kills this teenager as witnesses desperately try to warn her to get out of the way. Betty yu just talked to her mom. Reporter thats right. I just spoke to 18yearold Brittney Silvas mother. Her mother and family members, friends are out here tonight. Theyve brought flowers and candles to this makeshift memorial. Silva was hit and killed tonight by an amtrak train and her familiar and friends are calling this a family and friends are calling this a horrible accident. She was a senior at San Leandro High School just weeks away from graduation and she was a 4. 0 student headed to college. San Leandro Police say that witnesses saw brittney walking along hesperian boulevard this evening and tell us one man yelled out and tried to warn her of an approaching train, but police say she couldnt hear because she had headphones on. By the time Police Arrived they tell us s
From the citys evergreen area with disturbing Surveillance Footage. Reporter these guys didnt know they were on camera but well get to that in a second. The front of the house shows where the cars were parked. San jose has taken the cars as evidence because this is a crime scene. They say this is arson. I want to show you some of the fire extinguishers on the porch. Thats where the homeowner tried to run out and put this blaze out by himself. The blaze at one point was probably 15 to 20 feet with flames into the air. This could have had a tragic ending. But with the surveillance camera, this just might have a happy ending. We have that video for you now. It shows the arsonist creeping up on the car while trying hide amongst the trees. He is wearing a hoodie, its dark and he thinks nobody can see him but he is on a camera equipped with night vision. The arsonist empties a whole bottle of lighter fluid on the windshield of the homeowners car and uses an aerosol can and lighter to start t
Memorial. Silva was hit and killed tonight by an amtrak train and her familiar and friends are calling this a family and friends are calling this a horrible accident. She was a senior at San Leandro High School just weeks away from graduation and she was a 4. 0 student headed to college. San Leandro Police say that witnesses saw brittney walking along hesperian boulevard this evening and tell us one man yelled out and tried to warn her of an approaching train, but police say she couldnt hear because she had headphones on. By the time Police Arrived they tell us she was already dead. Her body was found about 50 yards away from the point of impact. I spoke to her mother who came to the scene. She found her daughters sandal and crushed phone at the scene and i spoke to her just minutes ago. Take a listen. I told her once if ive not today her a million times you always leave one bud out of your ear so you can hear the surroundings around you and never be walking and paying attention to her
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Jackson. To learn more about our cities on our tour, visit cspan. Org local content. We will continue now with our look at the hicks the history of jackson. This is on cspan3. We will open two museums on one roof. Under one roof. The Civil Rights Museum will focus on mississippis Civil Rights Movement, mainly focusing 1975ish. Timelineave a National Telling us how much mississippi affected us nationally and vice versa. We will focus on the mississippi story. We are in the Storage Facility for the exhibit. Right now, we have about 350 artifacts in the art exhibit, a small amount. We have been actively collect in the past few years since we received the funding to do the Civil Rights Museum. That with most museums, once we open and once you see we have told an honest and truthful story and you will care for the jets, that after we opened, we will get more of an influx of artifacts coming in. The good thing about the Civil Rights Museum and the museum of history is we have flexible cases