D. C. Says that nobody from the agency was available for an on camera interview. Septa confirmed this section of the track has technology, known as automatic train control, and which under ideal conditions should have made a collision next to impossible. And only adding to the mystery sources say the fact operator george mink was able to activate that emergency status , suggested that he didnt have a medical emergency, or lose conscious ness prior to the collision. Regular el riders tell cbs3 that no way to pass judgment on safety. Everything is a fail safe, you though, nothing is 100 percent, just like anything else. Is has to work. It takes time, nothing is perfect. Reporter sources tell thaws george mink is hospitalized at lankanol hospital. They say he is in a hellly induced comb a we did check with lankanol hospital, they would not the release his current conditions, although as of yesterday he was reported to be in critical condition. Coming up on Eyewitness News at 6 00 more on
This all happened near the 69th street Transportation Center. Pamela osborne starts us off live from the scene. What are you hearing about the four people injured in the collision. Reporter a 57yearold man who was operated that train is in Critical Condition. About a half dozen cars are off the track right now. Take a look for yourself. Heres what else were being told by investigators. One train, train number 57, hit a stopped train on this seam track. Another train that was moving in the opposite direction on another track was sideswiped. There were two civilians on board and they were injured. The fire chief tells us a total of four people were hurt. The breakdown is two septa employees and queue passengers. Two people suffered head injuries and were semiconscious when they were transported to the hospital by an ambulance this morning. Another two people had knee and ankle injuries. Two of the patients when to delaware county. The other went to lincoln. One of the train operators is
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Financial scams that are targeting Senior Citizens. The Committee Looked at scams involving purported sweepstakes winning, robo calling and socalled grandparent scams. Well hear from officials with the treasury department, the federal trade commission and victim of an irs impersonation scam. Good afternoon. That was to wake all of you up. Im pleased to welcome both new and returning members to the committee and im delighted that my good friend, senator casey, will be serving as the committees new Ranking Member during this congress. I want to specifically welcome senator Catherine Cortezmasto from the great state of nevada to the committee. We look forward to having you join our work. And of course, its wonderful to welcome back senator gillibrand whos been so committed to this issue. The issues that we have explored as well. Speaking of senator gillibrand, i understand that her son, theo, is here today. He is doing a special class project so he got an excused absence to be at our hear
It as rammed by a second train and pitched the lead car into the path of a third train. And the operator of the striking train remains in Critical Condition and why the collision occurs remains the big question, was it human error did the operator have a medical emergency or was there a mechanical problem. And they explain that the cars are quipped with automatic train control or atc an electronic safe guard that in part will maintain the safe separation of trains. Its a signal system the trains move under signal authority and the signal system keeps the train separated. The separation could also be monitored by septas command center and action news asked to talk to someone about the capability of the system. We were turned down because it would likely be a central part of the crash investigation. We are at an early stage of that investigation, the investors will collect data and other evidence and talk to people involved and they will even possibly run tests on certain systems and equ