conductor at the time of the derailment was not in control of the train. he was in the passenger section, not in the cab and an engineer and a conductor trainee was in the cab. the engineer is still allowed to operate the train. the engineer though, did not hit the emergency brake. investigators have recovered both of the black boxes in the front and the rear of the train. they also are very curious about looking at the cameras, especially the one inside the cab to see what the engineer and the conductor trainee were doing right before the derailment. all right. thank you. caught on body cam in south florida. pembroke pines police officer dragged for half a mile through the century village retirement community after reaching into a car to stop a suspected drunk driver. the officer observed a man and a
the time of the accident. we know the engineer was in there as well as a conductor who was getting familiar with the terrain, is what they re saying. the conductor, who was working that train, was in the passenger section of the train. we also know that all of the crew members have been hospitalized after this derailment and that s why it s taking longer for them to interview those crew members. they also said they were able to remove the cameras facing into the cab and also facing forward in front of the train but they were badly damaged so they ve sent those two cameras back to d.c., the ntsb has, to see if they can get any information from the videos to give them more clues as to why this accident happened, erica. that s stephanie elam with the latest for us there. stephanie, thank you. still to come today, one final vote, one big campaign promise fulfilled. in the next hour, congress set to send the first major tax cuts in decades to the president s desk for his signature. can
lead conductor was in the passenger section not in the cab. instead the engineer and a conductor in training were in the cab. the engineer still allowed to operate the train. under amtrak policy he couldn t operate the train unless he was qualified and familiar with this territory. so the answer would be yes, within the preefs two weeks he d been qualified to operate on the territory. reporter: but the ntsb says the crew did not hit the emergency break before the derailment. it was automatically saactivate. but still no answer why on its very first run at a new passenger route the train sped at 80 miles per hour, much faster than the posted 30 mile per hour speed limit for the kuvd section of the track. they also know this, lifesaving technology called positive train control was not activated on this brand new passenger rail line.