37 degrees. Oh thats a chilly one. Fortyfour in allentown, 43 pottstown, here in the city at 51 but as chris said, bit of breeze making it feel little cooler we wont pull out the windchill map little too late for, that thats wintertime, a 1 degrees in dover delaware these are your wind out of the northwest 13 miles an hour in the city and wilmington, 5 miles an hour in allentown 10mile an hour breeze in atlantic city, 12 in wildwood. So nothing to show this morning, on ultimate doppler radar. We really wont have anything to talk about until tomorrow night. So what to expect . Breezy quite cool this morning, you heard us talking earlier in the week about sweater weather, it is here, then for the rest of the day very nice, seasonable temperatures, showers ahead for the weekend wide willed scattered, will it be a wash out, probably not, but well go through it all with you in our future cast, seven day forecast coming up too. Right now we check go with bob kelly, a lot of Important Informa
Cooler talking sweater weather for today. Nothing on saturday light and radar, to the High Temperature, seasonable 73 degrees, and the breezes will be calming down throughout the afternoon. Then tonight with mostly clear skies we get you to the last weaken before memorial day coming up in a few minutes, bob kelly . 6 01, this thursday morning, and here is the game plan. For mass transit this morning, Amtrak Service still suspended. Same deal as yesterday. Express service on the main line. For anyone who would typically use septas trenton line, coming into philadelphia here are the options that are available this morning. From the trenton station, new Jersey Transit, supplying shuttle buses to the west trenton station all day and all evening. Septa adding extra service on the west trenton Regional Rail line to gave you a opportunity to come into downtown. Thats option one. The other option would be driving to the corn wells height park and ride. Which is right there at 95, and woodhaven
Investigation and by federal law, transportation workers safety sensitive transportation workers are required by law to undergo post accident drug and alcohol testing. And and um, and that was conducted in accordance with the federal law. It does take time for that tox testing to come back. Now the second part of your question was there a dead man youve been listen toll ntsb talk about what theyve gotten so far. Theyve actually done a lot. Yes they have. Engineer has agreed to be interviewed by the ntsb in the next few days also interview some witnesses. They have good video up to the derailment and they have have been able to create a timeline for speed is still an issue. Very interesting. Also they said the brakes were working just fine as the train left 30th street station. Signals in the area working just fine. The tracks and the curve had no anomalies meaning they were just fine. Weve been listening to the nfsb. Good evening to you. Welcome to our 6 00 oclock news. Im lucy noland.
Away today and we now know all passengers that were op board when the train crashed are accounted for. Good evening and thanks for joining us. Im iain page. Im lucy noland. The death toll rose today. They found another body in wreckage this morning bringing the total to eight killed. Dozens of people are still in hospitals across the city. And the ntsb now says the train actually sped up moments before hitting the curve in Port Richmond sending the entire train careening off the tracks. Chris oconnell is live at the crash site. Chris, what have you learned . Reporter well, were getting to get a clear picture of what happened. Those seconds before the doomed train ran off the tracks. Weve learned tonight that train was going 70 miles an hour. A minute later accelerateed to 100 miles an hour moments before derailment. Mere seconds into the turn we could see the train tilting approximately 10 degrees to the right. Reporter federal investigators revealing details derailment of amtrak 188.
Reporter well, were getting to get a clear picture of what happened. Those seconds before the doomed train ran off the tracks. Weve learned tonight that train was going 70 miles an hour. A minute later accelerateed to 100 miles an hour moments before derailment. Mere seconds into the turn we could see the train tilting approximately 10 degrees to the right. Reporter federal investigators revealing details derailment of amtrak 188. Clear images from a front facing video camera confirmed a rapid acceleration before the crash but if anyone knows what happened before the derailment, its the drains engineer. Really we want to know his account of what he recalls lead leading into that tragic event. And then we can start asking specific questions. Reporter 32yearold amtrak engineer Brandon Bostian scene here on his linked in page has agreed to be interviewed by investigators. What kinds of things are you hoping to get from that interview . I think it will be really valuable to get his firstha