Fatal. Southbound remains closed and will stay closed indefinitely due to damage on the bridge and the roadway as well as the need for investigators and responders to work in the area. The National Transportation safety board held the first News Conference saying the investigator will bring an entire team. He is accompanied by staff with expertise in operations, the chemical, track, signals, human performance, and survival factors. He was traveling on a newly late section designed to carry highspeed trains as part of a real improvement project. The old route traveled along puget sound that was too curvy for speeds. As evidenced by the derailment in the old tracks last july. It was carrying 260 passengers several of them were injured. Last year, there were more than 8800 train accidents in the us causing 700 fatalities and 6500 injuries. He says the primary defendants for wrongful deaths and many injuries will be an amtrak, spanish train manufacturer, and the company that owns the track
And will stay close and due to damage on the bridge and the roadway as well as the need for investigators and responders to work in that area. Just before noon, the National Transportation safety board held a News Conference saying the chief investigator will bring an entire team. Is accompanied by staff with expertise in operations, mechanical, track, signals, Human Performance and survival factors. The train was traveling on a newly laid section of tracks as part of an 800 million rail improvement project. The old route traveled along puget sound was too curvy for speeds as evidenced by this derailment and all tracks last july. He was carrying 267 passengers injuring several of them. According to the railroad administration, laster there were 8800 train accidents in the us causing 700 fatalities and 6500 injuries. He says the primary defendants for wrongful deaths and many injuries will be amtrak the spanish train manufacturer, and the company that owns the tracks often a major freig
Florist. And the inside looks even worse. Investigators say this fire was started intentionally. And it might have been done by a homeless person. pkg monday afternoon there were still footsteps in the foam that put out the flames at the florist shop. The fire happened before the sun even came up. Owner paula trotta got the phone call nobody wants. We came down here and weve lost everything. Showing me the inside of her 62yearold family business, trotta said she was devastated not only for her financial loss, but because these types of fires arent new in antioch. I know that there were four fires last night and i was told previously that they were trying to catch somebody doing it. In september, kron four showed you damage from some of the aeight fires that happened in just a twoday span. The fire marshal for contra costa Fire Protection district said those were all intentionally set,. Trotta says investigators told her mondays fire. Was set in this dumpster. Rob strickland owns a mort
System tuesday afternoon before switching out of the northwest in wake of the frontal passage. Dry weather conditions then return region wide late in the week and will likely persist into early next week with seasonably mild daytime temperatures and cool overnight conditions. Hot spot sb 101 at burnett all lanes blocked. Bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. San mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. Richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101 robin breaking news from overnight out of the south bay. Police say a Security Guard shot a man trying to rob a store. It happened at the walgreens on south first street in downtown san jose. Just before 8 30. The suspected thief was rushed to the hospital with life threatening injuries. The Security Guard is cooperating with the investigation. robin new details about the offduty Richmond Police officer who was arrested after a standoff. 45yearold Sergeant Philip sanchez was taken into custody after ope
No major hot spots. Bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. james happening now. Berkely police are investigating a hit and run that happened at the 3100 block of san pablo avenue. Police say a car hit a pedestrian and then took off last night. The victim was taken to the hospital with multiple injuries. There is no word on the victims condition this morning. Traffic investigators are still at the scene. darya caltrans is dedicating millions of dollars to fight freeway shootings. james and the city of pittsburg is joining that fight. Kron 4s Lydia Pantazes joins us live with the details. Lydia. lydia with an average of one car shooting per week on bay area freeways. Pittsburg city council the Council Members just voted to let their Police Monitor a large scale freeway safety project. Pittsburg city Council Voted 50 in favor of their Police Department hosting a large scale Security System across Contra Costa County freeways. There have been more than 100 shootings on b