Hours after this train went off the tracks piquancy it is still out in the swift move in Alameda Creek tonight cruzes say it will be a long process to try and get the train out of the creekcrews nobody died when the train had some sort of debris on the trackshit this is an ace traina nd its the first car that came off the trakcs this section of railway is part of the First Transcontinental Railroad passengers say they were jolted out of their seats teen people were injured but miraculously nobody what that 14 injured, no dead all of the training came into play and sequent to get across the water was neededthe equipment kate firefighters are still on the scene tonight that they are dealing with a swift moving water which is making a dangerous situation. Theyre having to track back and forth about heroic measures to be saved lives tonightreally catherine continuing our Team Coverage tonight. Alecia reid joins us live from the Alameda County fairgrounds in pleasanton. Where families are a
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
Several feet of mud and water. Union pacific hooked up the car and lowered it on a flatbed. Crews were inspect it and if possible repair it and then turn it back into service. Representative swalwell is concerned about more upcoming rain. Im just concerned. We have intense weather headed our way. Its a break in the storm right now. But we want to make sure that passengers on that train tomorrow are safe. Reporter and the signs here at the station are telling the passengers that there will be a slowdown order observed as they head through niles canyon. In livermore, kiet do, kpix 5. The derailment could have been deadly. These are some pictures taken from inside the car that plunged into icy water in the Alameda Creek. You can see all the mud and water in there. While no one died, there were some serious injuries. People were crying for help and i went to find the conductor. I keep a flashlight in my bag. And he had flown out the window, the front window. One lady had dislocated her kne
Live from the kgotv broadcast center. This is abc7 news. Now at 11 00, a break from the rain, but no break from a tree comes crashing down as the bay area braces for the biggest el nino storm yet. Here is a live picture from the toll plaza. They are set to make a mess of the morning commute. Good evening and thank you for joining us. Im ama daetz. The strong storm approaching comes after we saw heavy rains. We have Team Coverage tonight and lets begin with sandhya patel and live doppler 7hd with the timing of the next round of rain. Sandhya . The timing is not good. We are looking at a storm may morning commute. Lets check out live doppler 7hd. And the next storm is a few hours away. What is really impressive with this storm is it is being enhanced by el nino. Take a look at the stretch of moisture. It is a good 745 miles of moisture coming in our direction. Lightning is showing up off our coastline. On our storm impact scale from one to five we will be rating the storms. One is light
Live from the kgotv broadcast center. This is abc7 news. Now at 11 00, a break from the rain but no break from the damage. A tree comes crashing down as the bay area braces for the biggest el nino storm yet. Here is a live picture from the toll plaza. They are set to make a mess of the morning commute. Good evening and thank you for joining us. Im ama daetz. The strong storm approaching comes after we saw heavy rains. We have Team Coverage tonight and lets begin with sandhya patel and live doppler 7hd with the timing of the next round of rain. Sandhya . The timing is not good. We are looking at a storm may morning commute. Lets check out live doppler 7hd. And the next storm is a few hours away. What is really impressive with this storm is it is being enhanced by el nino. Take a look at the stretch of moisture. It is a good 745 miles of moisture coming in our direction. Lightning is showing up off our coastline. On our storm impact scale from one to five we will be rating the storms. On