82 Miles Per Hour. Thats how fast federal investigators say a commuter train was going when it derailed on sunday. Four people died when the metronorth train jumped the tracks on, on a curve, dozens more were hurt. Investigators now know how fast the train was going. They still dont know for sure why it derailed. Lets take you to jonathan martin. He is at the crash site in the bronx. Jonathan . Reporter hey, tony. You know, investigators have said from the start that this is a very preliminary information, but as you mentioned, these two black box data recorders have revealed key information. One frust from the front and one from the back, showing this train was going too fast echoing what a lot of these passengers and witnesses have been saying from the start. Reporter investigators with the National Transportation safety board say they now know the commuter train that derailed was going too fast as it approached a curve. The preliminary information and let me emphasize this is prelim
There is much we do not know about yesterdays deadly Train Derailment but we know this. It was traveling at an extraordinary rated of speed, almost three times the limit as it approached a dangerous term. Several cars jumped the track leaving the scene of devastation. Four passengers were killed. Scores injured. Investigate orders are trying to figure out what went wrong and why. Jonathan martin has the latest. Reporter the question remains now was this caused by operator error or some sort of mechanical error on the brakes. We know from the ntsb, speed was a factor. Thats something that was reported early on by passengers and witnesses. Investigators with the National Transportation safety board say they now know the commuter train was going too fast as it approached a curve. The preliminary information let me emphasize this is preliminary information from the event recorders shows that the train was traveling at approximately 82 Miles Per Hour as it went into a 30mileanhour curve. In
Members of pussy riot to president putin. Our top story out of lebanon where former finance minister, Mohamad Chatah has been assassinated in a bomb blast in beirut. At least five other people were killed. A car bomb targeted a convoy in the soldare neighborhood. A daring ariel castro in downtown posh business district. Chatahs car was tossed in the air and planted here. Chatah was a close aide and top advisor to former Prime Minister, and a leading figure in the future movement. Explosion took place a short distance from the residence where chatah has his office. Security had been very tight lately, but that was not enough to prevent this attack. Translator we were inside and felt glass breaking and coming in, and then we heard the sound and thats what. Hahhed, an explosion happened and an explosion continued to break, and we waited and then went outside and saw this. Translator as you can see all of the shops here are damaged. I consider all of this terrorism. Damaging the country an
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Ukraine the french german and Finnish Foreign ministers are to travel to kiev tomorrow will be meeting with the governments and ukrainian opposition. Beirut is rocked by more violence in the country to syria continues to spill over the border. Four People Killed today as a double suicide car bombing expected at the Iranian Culture Center in cambridge. I knew. Ll the Interest Rates to kiev tonight to where the violence continues the live pictures coming to us from at Independence Square says that for this flaming barricades for the protesters are trying to protect what has been the heart of their protest Movement Since last november when they began recording for the resignation of the countrys president Viktor Yanukovich their fears inside the square. Tonights that the government did to they seem to separate the Security Forces rather are preparing a new assault on the square the police had been trying to wrest control of Independence Square now since yesterday morning leading to that t