Timeline. Was he killed before the fire or die from it . Im sorry he has passed away. But now he is no longer in pain. On the other side when we die we are called home to god. He had such severe burns to his body they had to use his fingerprints to identify him. Alison the mercury will be tumbling tonight below freezing. Leon its april, right . Alison yeah. Reminder. Leon it didnt get super warm before. But we saw the people bundle up pulling the winter coats out of the cloet the horizon . Doug comparative its warmer but not that much. Back to average monday and tuesday of next week in the mid60s. Bright sunshine out there. The wind will diminish tonight. But with that, a very noticeable drop in temperatures. Live temperature data in. 45 at reagan national. Andrew at 43. 43 in annapolis. Then late tonight with the winds camming down and the clear skies the temperatures will drop like a walk. Freeze warning in effect for the viewing area. Early tomorrow morning the temperatures will ran
Veteran rail workers rolled their backhoe on to an active rail line on sunday. Cnn is quoting a source that called it a colossal mistake because the workers their lives and injured scores of people on an amtrak train south of philadelphia. Bruce leshan is live at Union Station recovering after a crash that jammed thousands. Reporter most of the tr ains are running on time. The ntsb is trying to figure out exactly how this could happen and how to keep it from happening again. Trains are moving through a stretch of track in chester, pennsylvania. Speeds can hit more than 100 Miles Per Hour. Amtraks palmetto train gathered speed on sunday when a railcrashed into cc1 based backhoe mistakenly on an active track. It killed one worker and a supervisor on the Construction Equipment and sent 3035 people on the train to the hospital. Im lucky to be alive. I called my Church Members and asked them to pray. s reporter the impact blew out windows on the train and passenger said they saw flames and
Degrees tonight the blossoms will freeze and it will cause them to turn black and die. Here is the next bud here. Just starting to come up out of the crown. Kevin mild concern at Butlers Orchard in germantown due to forecasted april freeze. Here is one odd ball bloom here that is out too early. Kevin orchard coowner wade butler says the strawberry plant and the cherry trees are the most vulnerable. The good news is less than 1 of the strawberry and the tart cherry yields blossomed. The bad news is freezals have been known to happen may 15. 27 degrees on this one tighter. Even this one. Kevin sporadic weather is why he plants a wide variety of crops. From berry to corn and squ will get by unscathed by it. Kevin it is interesting to note that butler orchard have installed alarms in one of the strawberry farms. The concept is simple. The temperature dip below freezing or a frost level, the alarms send an alert to the farmers cell phone so they will get the word as quickly as possible. Liv
Region. Very heavy rain there. This is all part of a front thats swinging on through the region. Take a look at the temperatures. Ahead of the front were still in the 70s down around the norfolk area, 79 degrees. Only 35 in pittsburgh. Once again incredibly cold air. So cold we have a freeze warning in effect. Well talk much more about this and much more about the cold not just today but for seven days, at least parts of the sevenday forecast coming up in just a minute. Okay. Thanks, doug. And welcome back. Tomorrows wisconsin primary could be critical in both president ial races. There are 42 republican delegates and a total of 96 democratic delegates at stake. The winners will claim two weeks worth of momentum because the next big primary is not until april 26 in new york. Steve handelsman is tracking the prays from capitol hill. Hi, steve. Hi, doreen. Some of these candidates have already moved on to new york, but wisconsin matters when it comes to what george bush 41 famously calle
New tonight amtrak trains on the northeast corridor are running on schedule again a day after a train hit a backhoe just outside of philadelphia. More than 30 passengers and the engineer were taken to hospitals after the collision which derailed the train. Now investigate rs are trying to learn why the backhoe was on the rails in the first place. Reporter its still unclear at this hour why that backhoe was on the tracks, but new york senator Chuck Schumer says it may have been clearing debris from the storm that night or was being used for regular maintenance since fewer trains run on sunday mornings. The train was heading from new york to savannah, georgia at about 8 00 a. M. On sunday when it hit a piece of equipment on the tracks. The impact derailed the lead engine of the train which was carrying more than 300 passengers and seven crew members. The People Killed was the equipment operator and u. S. Senator Chuck Schumer said the other was a supervisor and both were amtrak employees