The bottom of this car here. So that was a challenge. They werent pinned but they had to be put on a backboard. Reporter investigators say the commuter train which travels from stockton to san jose, was derailed by a mudslide. You can see the mud thats halfway to the rear cars when youre up there. There were crews last night trying to help dig out some of the mud to clear the wheels to be able to pull rail cars. Reporter investigators with Union Pacific say while nine passengers were injured, there were no fatalities. A surprise to first responds when you look at the extent of the accident. The cars in the water then it went down the embankment there. So youre thinking a lot of injuries. Reporter were taking a look at the train tracks and being told by ace Train Services theyll resume regular service again tomorrow morning. But you can expect delays in this niles canyon area. Now until this incident theyve only had one derailment in the past ten years. Live in niles canyon, pete s sura
Steph, you were on that train this morning. It seemed smooth, so whats next. Reporter yeah, that is the big question, scott and kris. Were at the fremont stop and this is that stretch where the derailment happened monday night. Commuters should expect delays tonight as they go home because trains are going slower for safety, but one question has been will Union Pacific install any sort of land or mudslide detectors after this. Right now the answer is not likely. After one day offline, ace trains are back in service. We boarded train number one, the first in the morning to check in with regular riders who echoed the same feelings. I can understand how that happened. Accidents happen once in a while. Reporter conductors are slowing the speed to 10 miles an hour through the stretch, the 40mileperhour zone, where track inspectors are monitoring activity. Longtime passenger fred barnes rides almost daily. Hes hoping theres added attention to the area where the mudslide derail edmonds train.
From the ground, it looked bad. Cause. From the air it was sheer terror. Its flowing. Just listen to glen zeto who captured the moment by cell phone from his office. At first we saw the crane up top and saw it swaying a lot. And after about a few minutes we notice they decided to start lowering its down. Check out part of a crane hook that crashed through this Office Window and yet, after what appeared to be the latest construction calamity in new york city, this one appeared to be something different. 4 investigate learns that a wind sensor had alerted the construction accompany to secure the crane. It was a accompany putting their crane into the secure position as we would have wanted of yesterday. Something went horribly wrong. The crashing crane killed 38yearold david wicks of the Upper West Side and the falling debris injured a 73yearold man and a 45yearold woman. The jolt of metal and brick crumbling to the ground shook up a friday morning rush hour with days of disruptions expec
The frantic rescue attempt, the failed effort and how the pair was finally freed today tuesday, september 7, 2015. Announcer from nbc news this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, welcome to today. On a tuesday morning. Like some of us, our set had a little work. A little face lift. We spruced up a little bit. Take a look around. Some of the spots youll be seeing throughout the day. Theres the orange room where the girls can fix a cracked screen on your iphone. Well show you around as the show progresses. Lets get to our top story. The president ial campaign entering a new postlabor day phase and this morning much of the talk is focused on a guy who isnt even in the race, Vice President joe biden. Nbc National Correspondent Peter Alexander is in washington. Peter, good morning to you. Reporter good morning. Even more for the Vice President to think about this morning. Consider this. The latest nbc maris poll, trump woul
The frantic rescue attempt, the failed effort and how the pair was finally freed today tuesday, september 7, 2015. Announcer from nbc news this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, welcome to today. On a tuesday morning. Like some of us, our set had a little work. A little face lift. We spruced up a little bit. Take a look around. Some of the spots youll be seeing throughout the day. Theres the orange room where the girls can fix a cracked screen on your iphone. Well show you around as the show progresses. Lets get to our top story. The president ial campaign entering a new postlabor day phase and this morning much of the talk is focused on a guy who isnt even in the race, Vice President joe biden. Nbc National Correspondent Peter Alexander is in washington. Peter, good morning to you. Reporter good morning. Even more for the Vice President to think about this morning. Consider this. The latest nbc maris poll, trump woul