Transportation headquarters in oak land tonight. John we are waiting. Reporters here photographers here. Bart representatives are her and Union Members areer hoochlt politicians are her. We understand from mayor kwan she tweeted out that an agreement announcement would be coming shortly. Bart says some last minute want still needed to be worked out but apparently they have. Our understanding is that atu earlier signed off on some deal upon the and members of the union showed up and they were initialing some of the last points earlier this evening as i said politicians did show up first mayor kwan who is celebrating her birthday today. Who got back in town from china on saturday. Showed up and said a great announcement. Then Lieutenant Governor newsom came to the headquarters and gave a thumb up indicating that deal was close. Union members large group showed up about 20 minutes ago. Would not say anything but it appears that this is getting very close to an agreement. We are waiting fo
Behind me locked in place, the two bodies as far as we know still lying on the tracks about 500 yards behind the train back to the south. Heres what we know so far from bart management. Two employees as you said struck on the tracks a little before 2 p. M. , one mile north of the walnut creek station. The employees were doing Maintenance Work on a reported dip in the tracks and the train was also apparently doing routine Maintenance Work at the time and they say it was being run by an experienced operator with several people on board but they believe it was being controlled by computer when the accident happened. They also say there should have been some sort of warning to both parties that they were both doing work on the tracks before it happened. We have radio transmission of the accident as it happened. We believe this is a dispatcher and the operator talking when those workers were killed. Keep coming, keep coming, hold on, hold on, stop, stop stop all stop. Train 963 routing c53,
5 a short time ago. This happened along jones road between the walnut creek and Pleasant Hill stations. Kpix 5s brian webb reports. Reporter ann officially this is a bart police investigation. And its kind of turned into an eerie scene out here. The crowds have cleared out, the workers who came down here to see things for themselves, they are gone, too. What is left is this empty four car bart train standing still on the tracks frozen in time and the bodies are still near the tracks about 500 feet to the south of us covered with tarps and there are a few bart officials running between the two scenes. This is what we know from bart management so far. Two employees were hit by an out of Service Train about 2 00 north of the walnut creek station. They were working on a reported dip in the track at the time. By procedure one of them was supposed to inspect the track, the other was supposed to be a lookout for incoming train traffic. Both are said to be experienced on the tracks and around
President coming in live. Were going to get the latest update on whats going on there. Also the legalization of marijuana proposal gaining steam. A tragedy on the bart system. A train hit and killed two workers inspecting the track. It happened yesterday afternoon just before 2 p. M. , and now the federal ntsb is taking over that investigation. Reporter youre hearing the radio transmission between a dispatcher and train operator as the accident happened. Behind those tarps the bodies of two bart workers, an employee and contractor. One was supposed to do the inspection, the other supposed to be the lookout for oncoming traffic. Both said to be experienced on the tracks and around trains. Their specialty is track work and understand the railroads and understand how to work around moving trains. They were doing today what theyve probably done 100, if not 1,000 other times in their career. Reporter bart Officials Say out of Service Train was on a routine maintenance run with an experience
Tracks. The ntsb is now getting involved. Coa meantime its day three in the bart strike and still no deal. Well have the latest coming up this just in to the kron 4 news room all three lanes have just opened in lafayette had just opened after six cars were involved with major injuries. After an accident at 5 30 a. M. Let us check in with your traffic with robin. Good morning not only are there problems in lafayette there is a crash on the bay bridge blocking several planes. There is no bart service. You should leave early this is a live look heading into San Francisco with no problems at the toll plaza. However, west80 04 Treasure Island on the new eastern span it is in the clearing phases but it is still blocking two of the lanes. As we mentioned that accident in lafayette it is lingering on eastbound 24. At one point it was blocking all lanes. Towards walnut creek. If you normally take part but you need to plan early. That is a look at traffic and now, janu. Good morning, robin. We a