New details in the fatal accident that killed two bart workers over the weekend. The driver of the bart train hit the brakes trying to stop. And tomorrow there could be more understanding of how it happened. Good evening. Im dan ashley. Carolyn johnson is off tonight. The ntsb plans to shutdown the track between Pleasant Hill and lafayette bart stations tomorrow from noon until 3 30. Officials hillary enact what happened will reenact what happened leading up to the accident. John alston is live in walnut creek where a memorial is growing. This is the area where the two men were killed. Tomorrow the ntsb will be running trains along this track and trying to reconstruct what happened. Today they released some new information. The ntsb says the crash happened while bart was training workers to pick up passengers during the strike. Bart claimed it was a routine maintenance run. There were two individuals being trained on the day of the accident. Each trainee spent time in the operator seat
Offshore winds helped the flames spread to an Auto Repair Shop next door. 911, i told them my building is on fire. Theres a wrecking yard next door with cars and gas tanks. You could hear things xwlblowinp at the time. Then i ran out. Investigators are trying to figure out what started that fire. A 45yearold man died this morning when he crashed into the back of a parked big rig. The crash happened around 6 30 on 101 at atherton avenue. The man was driving a dodge ram pickup and went off the road into the shoulder and slamming into the parked tanker trailer. The man was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the big rig was sleeping in the cab at the time and was not hurt. Chp does not believe alcohol was a factor in the crash. If the president has his way, Illegal Immigrants could have a clear path to citizenship within eight years. Usa today is reporting that the white house wants to move forward on an immigration plan even as members of Congress Draft their own immigration bill