The tracks. Dont start on the tracks till youre sure you can get all the way across and she just got caught in traffic, apparently wasnt paying real close attention. Reporter the Fire Department rescued her from the car and rushed her to the hospital where she would later die. The intersection is busy and congested, an accident some say waiting to happen. Traffic at this intersection will back way up and then people will try and sneak across and hope they clear the intersection and then in this case the gal was just sitting there. In traffic all the time i see people stop to the tracks all the time and i just wonder why are they doing that . Reporter the crash destroyed one of the guardrails thats supposed to prevent cars from driving onto the tracks when the train is approaching. Southbound trains were stopped for several hours during the accident investigation and cleanup stranding countless passengers during their evening commute. Caltrain said they will work throughout the tight to
At the ravenswood avenue crossing. This is just off El Camino Real in a congested part of town. Barry mcsweeney is live with the latest. What have we learned . Reporter we just saw a train going by here. They are working to repair the damage here in menlo park. Im told the traffic often backs up from just a block away from this direction, and if youre not careful you can find your car sitting on a caltrain track, and maybe a train coming at you as it did today going 80 miles an hour. This pile of metal used to be an acura suv. The impact from the train so strong, the vehicles engine was knocked clear and hauled away by a different tow truck. Its a tragedy. Reporter caltrain believes about 4 00 today, the woman driving the acura started across the ravenswood crossing but traffic prevented her getting her vehicle off the tracks. Its just a basic fundamental rule. Dont stop on the tracks. Dont start across the tracks until youre sure you can get all the way across. Reporter caltrain says
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7 00. Were live in sunnyvale this morning, following breaking news. These are live pictures from a house fire that has turned into a crime scene as officials and neighbors fear the homeowner did not make it out of there alive. Coming up in two minutes, we tails we just received from the scene. It looks like theres still smoke coming from the roof of the fire. Crews still there. There is a long ladder. Welcome back to mornings on 2. Its tuesday, february 24th. Im tori campbell. Good morning, tori. Good morning. Im dave clark. Lets check your weather and traffic now. Steve paulson is right over there. You know our forecast. Clear, cold for us. 30s for many. Even a couple of upper 20s up in Mendocino County and some of the valleys around napa. A lot of 30s inland. 40s around the bay the around the bay. 58 and then a high of 65 today. San jose, high 67. Average is 66 this time of year. Average high is 61 to 66. The low, 39. Thats below. Thats not something weve talked about very much. The
And eruption. Incredible images of one of the most active volcanos in the world, it roars back to life this tuesday, march 3, 2015. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everyone. Welcome to account today on a Tuesday Morning, mark this down at 7 01 and 14 seconds, no mention of cold weather. This is a first all winter. Are you going to be okay . I think we are. We are talking about it. You will number there tomorrow big storms coming and of trouble. Well get to you, al in a couple of moments. But the top story this morning, a question being raised about why Hillary Clinton used a personal email account only during her tenure as secretary of state. Her top rival is pouncing on this one. Kristen welker at the white house this morning. Good morning. Reporter good morning. The news that Hillary Clinton used a personal email account while serving as secretary of state is a potential political