Behind me locked in place, the two bodies as far as we know still lying on the tracks about 500 yards behind the train back to the south. Heres what we know so far from bart management. Two employees as you said struck on the tracks a little before 2 p. M. , one mile north of the walnut creek station. The employees were doing Maintenance Work on a reported dip in the tracks and the train was also apparently doing routine Maintenance Work at the time and they say it was being run by an experienced operator with several people on board but they believe it was being controlled by computer when the accident happened. They also say there should have been some sort of warning to both parties that they were both doing work on the tracks before it happened. We have radio transmission of the accident as it happened. We believe this is a dispatcher and the operator talking when those workers were killed. Keep coming, keep coming, hold on, hold on, stop, stop stop all stop. Train 963 routing c53,
5 a short time ago. This happened along jones road between the walnut creek and Pleasant Hill stations. Kpix 5s brian webb reports. Reporter ann officially this is a bart police investigation. And its kind of turned into an eerie scene out here. The crowds have cleared out, the workers who came down here to see things for themselves, they are gone, too. What is left is this empty four car bart train standing still on the tracks frozen in time and the bodies are still near the tracks about 500 feet to the south of us covered with tarps and there are a few bart officials running between the two scenes. This is what we know from bart management so far. Two employees were hit by an out of Service Train about 2 00 north of the walnut creek station. They were working on a reported dip in the track at the time. By procedure one of them was supposed to inspect the track, the other was supposed to be a lookout for incoming train traffic. Both are said to be experienced on the tracks and around
Tracks. The ntsb is now getting involved. Coa meantime its day three in the bart strike and still no deal. Well have the latest coming up this just in to the kron 4 news room all three lanes have just opened in lafayette had just opened after six cars were involved with major injuries. After an accident at 5 30 a. M. Let us check in with your traffic with robin. Good morning not only are there problems in lafayette there is a crash on the bay bridge blocking several planes. There is no bart service. You should leave early this is a live look heading into San Francisco with no problems at the toll plaza. However, west80 04 Treasure Island on the new eastern span it is in the clearing phases but it is still blocking two of the lanes. As we mentioned that accident in lafayette it is lingering on eastbound 24. At one point it was blocking all lanes. Towards walnut creek. If you normally take part but you need to plan early. That is a look at traffic and now, janu. Good morning, robin. We a
Tonight but there is no guarantee. There is one thing that they can guarantee is no more late night notifications of weather or not the trains will run or will not run. There will be Train Service operations. Reporter for the last couple of days, they have negotiated after midnight. Whether or not the train to be running. Bard said the public is not responding well. The bart trainephones and e mail is off the hog many people are concerned in the bay area and frustrated that burnett able to tell them at a reasonable or if the trains are going to run. The apologized but said that this was necessary. We had 90 days on the cooling off and after that management was not available. Reporter they changed their course. Today, that the commuters and large in the community will know already whether or not they can experience a delay and service. Union members have waited until late evening, and sometimes after midnight to have the mediator notify the public that trains will be running the next da
The bay area news station, kron 4 news starts now. Catherine happening now at 8 Catherine Day four of the bart strike. And there are hints that an announcement may be coming soon. Bart management and its unions have been talking. And while it may be too late to get trains running for the morning commute. There has been progress. We begin our Team Coverage tonight with kron 4s dan kerman. Hes live outside mtc headquarters in oakland. Where both sides are meeting. Dan . Reporter far from here we know that all sides are close to a deal. At this point all we know it is close. That sad, all sides have been marking hard throughout the day. We have work are not lee to meet their needs without out compromising there are safety. Reporter president Roxanne Sanchez says her team of negotiatiors is doing all they can to end this strike and reach an agreement . And in fact significant progress has been made reporter the unresolved issues appear to be about work rules and safety . Seiu has been cauc