This is very bad timing for the friday afternoon commute with temperatures just below freezing, roads likely will be slick. Any of the snowflakes will be sticking. Some of the computer models i look at to develop the forecast show there is not complete agreement from half inch of snow to close to three inches. Models and guides are not a gospel. Ill update you in the sevenday forecast. Jim . All right, cecily. It was a fire that took the toll on the lives of two brothers, ages six and 11. The flames erupted yesterday on summit avenue in schwenksville. It was a tragic action, the failure of a extension cord on a space heater. Dann cuellar is there where the community is stepping up with compassion for the family. Dan . Thats right, jim. This family mourns the loss of their two boy in a devastating fire, the Community Came together to help them at this difficult time. Its horrible. I get choked up thinking about it. From the mayor on down a steady load of people showed upbringing cards a
He tells us he has a good guess as to what caused todays derailment raiment. Here at 30th street station many students are heading home for the o holidays and they were concerned given amtraks derailment south of seattle. Its a little scary. I think its crazy and i really feel for those people andheir families. Generally i feel safe but aveling in inclement weather its in the back of my mind. Robert mongeluzzi represented 34 passengers on amtrak train 188. The train derailed in Port Richmond with 238 passengers on board. Eight were killed and over 200 injured. The train was traveling over 100 miles an hour in a 50 Miles Per Hour zone when it hit a curve and went off the tracks. He sees striking similarities to todays derailment. The first thing that you think about when a train derails on a curve is it was going too fast. And when you see the locomotive, which is heavier and goes on a Straight Path while everything behind it falls over, it is eerily reminiscent of amtrak 188. Reporter
Down. Just seemed like theres always something happening around this area. Reporter lauer roo reid never expected to see something horrible like this. Passenger train cars toppled from the tracks. Down on top of traffic that was flowing below. When we got to the scene, it was obvious that there were some fatalities and there were a lot of injuries and some people were able to get off the train. Reporter those people taken away in ambulances or standing wrapped in blankets along the road. About 40 miles from the seattle amtrak station where they boarded the very first run of a faster new route. Multiple cars and trucks were struck by train cars that left the train tracks and went down on to the road. Its terrible thing. Very upsetting even though when you seat pictures its pretty horrific at this point nobody in any of the vehicles is a fatal. Fatals are contained to the train. Reporter emergency crews saying there was no one angle to make out here. Just what commuters on the train and
On the west coat will becoast we this afternoon. Reporter omar jimenez reporting. While the ntsb works to determine this crash it brings back memories of the crash that happened here in that Port Richmond just two years ago. Amtrak train 188 derailed in may 2015. Eight people were killed and more than 200 others were injured in that incident. The train was traveling 106 miles an hour in a 50 Miles Per Hour speed zone. Investigators determined that the engineer was distracted by an incident with a nearby train. In september, a judge dismissed charges against that engineer. You can follow the latest developments of the fatal amtrak derailment on 6abc. Com. You can watch video from the scene in washington state. Pennsylvania state senator day lon leach released a new statement. John rawlins live in Center City Philadelphia this afternoon with the very latest including john some reaction from the governor. Reporter thats correct. Leach is a state senator who has ambitions his goal in 2018
But first, developing right now, mangled cars, twisted wreckage. There was windows and glass and very particular smell that i cant really describe. Deadly Train Derailment on the west coast. Now, fox 29 news at 10 00. Brand new train route reason for excitement. Tonight a grizzly scene. The site avenue deadly Train Derailment. Some of the train cars are still too dangerous right now for crews to search. As investigators begin their work to figure out what went so terribly wrong. Thank oosphere joining us at 10 00. Im lucy noland. Im chris oconnell. Iain page is off tonight. This all happened during the morning rush in washington sta state. Nought night, the mangled mess of this tragedy still evident. There are three confirmed deaths deaths. More than 100 people injured. It is not yet known how many more bodies may be inside train cars that havent been searched yet. And we still do not know a cause of this crash. We have Team Coverage of the deadly Train Derailment. Our Dave Schratwiese