Some scattered thundershowers not out of the question. Well talk about whats ahead for the rest of the week in that forecast coming up in about 10 minutes time. One person hit by a train this morning. Cbs 2 News Reporter Stephanie Johnson is live right now with the latest on the investigation. Reporter Train Service has resumed now but earlier today people from the Train Company as well as the Sheriffs Department were out incident. The incident took place around 8 00 a. M. This morning just west. The train involved was a Union Pacific train. The pacific spokesperson tells us it was carrying goods from chicago and heading to portland. Train service has resumed. The sheriff in this county does not know why the person was on the tracks or how they got on the tracks for that. We will have that information Stephanie Johnson, cbs 2 news. New at noon, one person now recovering after a crash this morning in cedar rapids. Police tell cbs 2 news, a 19yearold woman ran a red light on sixth street
Right now a waterloo man is accused of luring two girls into sex trafficking. Trafficking. Officers say theyve arrested Lawrence Campbell junior. Waterloo police tell cbs 2 news they discovered the crime earlier this week when they caught a girl shoplifting at the waterloo target. They say campbell met both 16yearolds onlineand told them to come to waterloo from chicago for a better life. When they got there, campbell allegedly told them they would need to have sex in order to make money. Police have now contacted the girls parents to let them know theyve been found. Across the country hundreds of thousands of children are at risk for being sold into Human Trafficking. Unlike other Violent Crimes this one can go unnoticed. Unnoticed. One corridor woman who escaped the sex trafficking trade says we have to band together to stop the cycle. Local organizations like chains interrupted also provide services to help survivors. But they say the only way to make sure children and women are saf
New this morning a pedestrian was killed last night in Johnson County near the interstate 380 and 80 interchange. This is a live look at traffic there this morning right now, vehicles are moving without any trouble but last night it was a different story. Story. The iowa state patrol says the pedestrian was hit by second and third. Here are a few pictures from the scene last night. Northbound traffic on 218 was blocked for several. Hours. Right now, authorities dont know what the man was doing walking along the highway. At this point, no names have been released and its still under investigation. A marion man is dead this morning after being hit by a train in alburnett. Alburnett. The linn county sheriff says the 44yearold man was driving a pickup truck towing a flatbred trailer when he drove in front of a Freight Train sunday. Officials say th truck caught fire and the driver was pronounced dead at the scene. He was the only person in the truck his name is not being released until his
The forecast coming up in about ten minutes, northbound traffic on 218 in Johnson County is back to normal today. Last night it was blocked for several hours. The iowa state patrol says a pedestrian was hit by one vehicle and then a second and third. Here are some pictures from the its still under investigation. A marion man is now dead after being hit by a train in alburnett over the weekend. Weekend. The linn county sheriff says the 44yearold towing a flatbred trailer when he drove in front of a Freight Train sunday. Officials say the truck caught fire and the when he drove in front of a Freight Train sunday. Officials say the truck caught fire and the driver was truck. His name is not being released until his family has been notified. The cedar river is back in its banks. People in palo are still drying out. Palo was one of the hardest hit communities in linn county. Still summer out of homes. High waters flooded basements and garages which are a headache for residents returning hom
Within its banks. The Bank Accounts of some local businesses forced to shut down are a real concern. Fox news spoke with a number of operators trying to get back on their feet after last nights evacuations some are still paying off debt from the last flood in 2008. Still the owners say all though tough not impossible. You put one foot in the other, and go from there there is nothing else we can do. There is too much going on, weve come too far. I cant say that its 100 well be here forever but well make an effort. They plan to reopen by the latter half of this week. It is not just downtown shops trying to make up. Where despite dodging the flood they are still trying to reconnect with customers. It seems hard to talk about Flood Recovery when they didnt those who sand bagged or just offered a prayer are being asked to step up one more time to help small bus. Businesses. Shoooooooooooooooooooo oooooooosh. Ever since the hescos and sandbags came do. Down. Hows it going mayor ron cheerlead