To the second one. What they learned is that at the point of impact, the train was doing 80 Miles Per Hour around a curve. The speed limit there is 30 Miles Per Hour. More than double what they should have been doing. Another thing that might have been a factor. Theres no positive train control. That would have slowed the train down. If youre going into a curve too quickly, if youre something that you need to slow down for, that would have. Had that mechanism been put in place. It would have slowed the train down. That was not installed on this train. Plenty of questions. Yesterday they thought six people were dead. There were so many people on the train. And why is there so much confusion with the numbers . Reporter we were having the same problem too, pam. Six people were first thought to be dead and they revised that down to three. There are a number of people in the hospital. There were 80 passengers on the train and five crew members. No one in the cars miraculously died on inters
The overpass. Many falling onto interstate five. When i stepped out i didnt realize i was standing on another train car. Crews are using large cranes to remove debris and train cars. Speed is being looked at as a major factor. The train was traveling at 80 Miles Per Hour in a 30mile perhour track. Reporter Authorities Say the technology that automatically slows a speeding train called positive train control was not in use. Ptc would prevent types of accidents such as this. Whether it will prevent this accident remains to be scene. We should web that ptc cant prevent every accident. Reporter five crew members and 80 passengers were on board. The ntsb has not spoken to the crew members yet. But theyll be interviewing them and the passengers to find out who was happening in the moments before the derailment. Do you know specifically what will happen at the scene today . It certainly looks busy but cars are getting through looks like. Reporter yeah, this is the northbound side. Its open. A
Of the 30s to the north are going to get trapped. The cloud cover will come in and youll be hard pressed to warm up. And the cloud cover this time of year, the days are short. Highs in the 50s. One low is kicking out of the four corners. And the next system will be here overnight to tomorrow morning. Well get light rain. And by 5 a. M. Or 6 a. M. About a tenth of an inch. And 2 to 6 inches of snow for some in the mountains. 60s for some. And mid50s to the north. 6 01 and alex tells us anything on the screen . Things are picking up. If youre traveling through the east bay on 880 we have a crash thats really starting to back things up in the southbound direction through hayward. And here you go on the map. And you see the accident in the southbound direction on 880 and its right at the connector to westbound 92 if youre trying to get to the san mateo bridge. The car and the box truck involved in the crash and youre starting to see the red in the southbound direction and the back up exten
Signature. The 1. 5 trillion package would provide tax cuts for businesses and the wealthy. And modest tax cuts for middle and low income families. And it is expected to push the debt higher. Democrats call it a giveaway to corporations and the wealthy. Clearly, its a developing story were following in our newsroom. And well have more information coming up in the newscast and online. John burris is speaking out alongside the family of a man shot and killed by police earlier this month. Allie rasmus is live in San Francisco with more on the charges being filed against the officer. Reporter john burris is representing the mother and family of 42yearold shot and killed by a San Francisco Police Officer on december 1st. Theres body camera video of the aftermath. And thats part of the problem. The officer who fired the shot and his Field Training officer he was with only turned on the body cameras after oneil was fatally shot. The officer is named in the suit as Christopher Samoya and had o
Cold air. First we have to deal with increasing clouds on the way. It wont rain until later tonight and into tomorrow. That is the cold air up there. It will sweep through. Were on the southern edge of it. It looks like a decent snow producer for shasta and truckee. Two and a half inches down below 4,000 feet for tahoe. That kicks in the Winter Weather advisory through 8 00 and 1 00 p. M. Tomorrow. Snow level up north could be 2,000 feet or lower. Fairfield is 33. And with the cloud cover coming in, it will be a day of high temps in the 50s to the north. A tenth of an inch would be nice. Thats what the forecast models are giving us overnight for the rain. 60s for some. Mid50s for others. 7 01. Alex has been busy. Anything that you want to get to right away . Yeah. It hasnt stopped unfortunately steve. Okay. Want to let people know about a problem in berkeley. This is off of the freeways here. Still a major thoroughfare in berkeley shut down in both directions. That would be san pablo a