its true test to commitment to peace and security. the defense secretary also indicated the u.s. has been shifting its focus toward the asia pacific, in part by sending our best ships, weapons, and equipment to that region. arthel? garrett, thanks very much. well, almost everybody you know has a cell phone now, and those videos are common and widespre widespread. it s the hope one can solve a case in texas where a girl was run over in a car in houston caught on cell phone video. i want to warn you, of course, that the video is clearly disturbing. the 14-year-old s girl s mother is determined to work with police to track down whoever almost killed her daughter. will carr is live with the details on this from our bureau. hello, will. hey there, eric. well, this is a felony hit-and-run, quite terrifying video, and you said it. we want to repeat here that this
four students from wesleyan university in connecticut are arrested in connection with an overdose involving the party drug mali. 11 people were hospitalized after taking an apparent bad batch of the drug at a weekend party. police say there may have been a mix of so-called designer drugs in that batch of mali. the four students arrested have all been suspended from school. charges of felony hit-and-run against a driver who abandoned his pickup truck in oxnard california on railroad tracks that led to a collision with a metrolink commuter train. that train ran into that vehicle. 594-year-old driver is in custody. police found him a mile and a half from the scene. at least 30 people were injured in that crash. four still in critical condition. it appears new train technology may have been prevented a tragedy. officials say some of the metrolink cars were equipped with technology five years ago following a deadly rail crash. chicago mayor rahm emanuel now faces an april runoff in his
54-year-old truck driver jose alejandro sanchez ramirez, on arrest in a felony hit-and-run charge after allegedly abandoning the scene of the crash. police say he was found disoriented, walking a mile from the scene, after he told authorities that he mistakenly turned his truck on to the tracks instead of on to a highway. ramirez s wife defending her husband, telling the l.a. times that her husband s truck stalled the tracks. it toppled and derail train cars 30 people were injured. first responders describing a fiery wreck scrambling to get to trapped passengers. arriving now, vehicle is fully engulfed. overturned train cars, probably need more ambulances. witnesses recounting the terrifying moment of impact. it got crazy, it picked up the truck and as soon as it hit it it burst into flames
intersection was bad, where the drivers couldn t see around a corner or there was vegetation or there was things blocking their view. but then there s the course the issue of the train whistle, some municipalities have quiet zones where the train can t blow the whistle. the train whistle is there to save your life there are times when the gates and the bells and the warnings just don t work. and of course the number one cause is drivers going around the arms or ignoring the warnings. so it s a combination of all of the factors. we now know speaking of the driver the driver in this recent metro link accident is now under arrest on suspicion of felony hit-and-run. does that change the investigation at all? well not from the ntsb s perspective, from the ntsb s perspective, they re going to look at all the factors. what was unique about the driver or the intersection. but for law enforcement purposes they ll be focused on
california are arresting the driver of a truck that was hit by a metrolink commuter train. the 54-year-old driver charged with a felony hit-and-run for allegedly abandoning his pickup truck after getting stuck on the tracks. at least 30 people were injured in this fiery crash. four of them are in critical condition this morning. let s get more from cnn s kyung lah. reporter: police say this very well could have all started as a mistake. a driver in the early morning hours, mistaking the railroad tracks as the roadway. he took a wrong turn and his vehicle got stuck. 54-year-old jose ramirez was taken into custody, now being held on felony hit-and-run charges for causing injuries. why? police say what distresses them most is that he left the scene. after the collision, as the disaster was unfolding, he left on foot. he was found about 45 minutes later about a mile and a half from this disaster. people were injured. a disaster again, was being seen and experienced by this