Driver was killed in menlo park. Well get alecia reid on that in a moment. First, jeff with the latest tragic case. Jeff . Jeff the corner just left the scene a couple minutes ago and sadly they were carrying the body. This was in a tunnel not too far away from our locations year at 16th street and mississippi. Police tell us that that man was a homeless man who was walking along the tracks that was struck by a train heading south bound. There were no passengers in sight except for the conductor. The coroner has taken the body away and cleanup crews are on scene trying to finish up with the mess so they may release the train to its destination. Pam the earlier caltrain accident was in menlo park. A mangled vehicle hit on the tracks by a train. Likely at top speed. The woman inside the car, had to be pulled from the wreckage and taken to the hospital. This video from our helicopter partnership with abc7. Kron fours alecia reid. At the scene, when word came down the woman in the car did
Also said in part quote Southwest Airlines discovered an overdue maintenance check required to be performed on the standby hydraulic system. And voluntarily removed the affected aircraft from service initiated maintenance checks, disclosed the matter to the faa and developed an action plan to complete all overdue checks. There were about 80 cancellations today. On monday night, there was a fatal caltrain collision in menlo park. That is now bringing up concerns about other possible accidents. Menlo park was the scene of a tragic accident between a caltrain and a car. And part of the problem is the intersection that is block down from where the collision happened. The intersection of oak grove avenue and alma street causes cars to back up all the time when the signal turns red. Several cars are stopping on the tracks putting themselves in dangerous situations. this last accident was needless, we need some kind of safety device for example a laser ranger could tell the train to stop pam
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Tried or, those who tried this rose still cannot believe what happened. Reporter ivars are not supposed to cross the tracks unless its free of traffic and they know that they can make. Some drivers said it does not necessarily happen that way. I think, during rush hour people are concerned with getting to where they need to be an safety is not always a part of that decision making. Reporter are that like in ravenswood. We could tell you that there is a lot of spots along the peninsula were trying tracks and cars are not at the same level with many of the cars going under the train tracks. We will have those answers coming at 6 00 tonight. Dan kerman pam there has been another violent train crash. This time in southern californa. Near oxnard. Pam fire investigators say the driver of a produce truck said he accidentally turned onto Railroad Tracks instead of a highway this morning and became stuck before the vehicle was hit by an oncoming metrolink train. Pam 28 people were hurt in the c