Still, a lot of activity here. A number of these triage stations set up around me in the blocks around here and theres Fire Equipment down here at water street just ahead of us here a couple of blocks. What we dont know so far is the origin of all of this and what started it. But again, a number of fire and e. M. S. Folks here paramedics mass casualty buses here. So take the folks on to the hospital. We talked to some of them who have gone to the hospital. Difficulty breathing again and the nausea. And again the soot around their faces where they had been breathing in this thick dark smoke from whatever that incident was that started in the metro tunnel. Again, a number of triage stations here and we dont know a total number of folks treated but a significant amount we should say. Ok. Roz, thank you so much. And as she mentioned, folks with the soot on their faces, Horace Holmes just a short time ago talked with some people who had been through just that and what a remarkable story you
Breathing. The investigation into the cause, and what metro is saying tonight, next. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] please stay calm. Terrifying moments as people were coughing and gasping for breath after smoke filled a metro train. This video posted to youtube shows what dozens had to fight through. Feet away at the Lenfant Plaza station, smoke filled the station. We have what happened, it was impacted, and what happens next just ahead, but we have breaking details about the victim in this tragic accident. One person, a woman, died. Her name has not been released. Two are in critical condi and dozens are being treated at three hospitals across the district. The big question tonight is what happened. That is at the center of the investigation at the ntsb. Roz plater has been on the scene all day. What is the latest . There are at least 200e or more looking for answers tonight. Th
On metro after smoke filled a tunnel. Were learning new details about what may have caused all the smoke. We want to start with the impact its going to have on your commute this morning. Lets o melis is work around here. Good morning. Line by line here. The hope right now is the green line will be single tracking. Single tracking between green belt and branch avenue every t minutes. Yellow line replaced with blue lines between huntington and largo. Running every 12 minutes. Talking about the blue line. The trains are going to be running every 12 minutes. Orange line trains will run every 8 minutes between vienna. Silver line running every 12 minutes. Theyll have extra cars there this morning. Red line is okay. If youre wondering about the road this morning, everything overall looking quite good. No major issues. Going to keep you updated on this as well. Well be tweeting about this a lot this morning. It is still wet from the rain. We dont have anymore rain falling but pavement is stil
Harrison. Rb harrison. The snow sticking around and it is cold. Our meteorologist begins with coverage from the weather center. Good morning. Plenty of cold air in place and the snowflakes as little as it was, sticking around for the rest of doetdthe day and through the overnigh hours. Use caution if going out later on this afternoon. We had just enough snow to get a coating of white on the ground but didnt really add up to too terribly much. The heavier snow amounts down across Southern Maryland out on into the Eastern Shore. Winter weather advisory remains for the highlighted counties until noon but most of this accumulating snow is over with the lone exception of one little patch in eastern Charles County northern calbert and southern prince Charles County. Could pick up another coating, 1 10 or quarter inch of snow in those locations. Temperatures well below fooezreezing across the area. Where well stay. As we go lighter on into the afternoon, temperatures not rising too much. Only
Will look closer for clues about what went wrong. Again, Yellow Line Service does remain suspendedt. Coming up in my next report at 6 00 what the ntsb will be looking for in the train involved in yesterdays episode. Reporting live at Lenphant Plaza, adam tuss news4. She worked downtown and was just taking the train home like she did every day. This evening were learning more about the passenger who died in yesterdays underground emergency. News4s pat collins is live in alexandria where the woman lived. Pat . Reporter wendy, every day, every day for years and years she would take that yellow line train from her home down into d. C. To her job. Every day. Yesterday that commute cost carol glover her life. The woman killed in that metro incident yesterday identified by family members as 61yearold carol glover seen here on her linkedin page. She died during that smoky electrical malfunction yesterday on the yellow line at the Lenphant Plaza station. Carol glover lived here in alexandria. S