He tells us he has a good guess as to what caused todays derailment raiment. Here at 30th street station many students are heading home for the o holidays and they were concerned given amtraks derailment south of seattle. Its a little scary. I think its crazy and i really feel for those people andheir families. Generally i feel safe but aveling in inclement weather its in the back of my mind. Robert mongeluzzi represented 34 passengers on amtrak train 188. The train derailed in Port Richmond with 238 passengers on board. Eight were killed and over 200 injured. The train was traveling over 100 miles an hour in a 50 Miles Per Hour zone when it hit a curve and went off the tracks. He sees striking similarities to todays derailment. The first thing that you think about when a train derails on a curve is it was going too fast. And when you see the locomotive, which is heavier and goes on a Straight Path while everything behind it falls over, it is eerily reminiscent of amtrak 188. Reporter
On the west coat will becoast we this afternoon. Reporter omar jimenez reporting. While the ntsb works to determine this crash it brings back memories of the crash that happened here in that Port Richmond just two years ago. Amtrak train 188 derailed in may 2015. Eight people were killed and more than 200 others were injured in that incident. The train was traveling 106 miles an hour in a 50 Miles Per Hour speed zone. Investigators determined that the engineer was distracted by an incident with a nearby train. In september, a judge dismissed charges against that engineer. You can follow the latest developments of the fatal amtrak derailment on 6abc. Com. You can watch video from the scene in washington state. Pennsylvania state senator day lon leach released a new statement. John rawlins live in Center City Philadelphia this afternoon with the very latest including john some reaction from the governor. Reporter thats correct. Leach is a state senator who has ambitions his goal in 2018
Tonight the Golden Globes. For our entire crew im terry gannon, more dangerous weather is on the way. And icy roads could create big problems during mondays rush hour. Good evening, im denise nakano. This just in, Atlantic City schools will be closed tomorrow because of last weeks blizzard. And as for tomorrow, no matter where you live, youll see some snow, sleet and freezing rain. Lets get the latest on the timing of the storm watch with meteorologist steve sosna. What is the timing of all of this . Yeah, thats right, denise. The timing a critical issue here. Its the evening commute. Thats what im concerned about. For the potential of sleet, freezing rain and very slippery surfaces. So our first alert goes into effect at 11 00 tomorrow morning. Well keep that going through midnight tomorrow night. Its really those elevated road surfaces, the overpasses, the bridges, thats where you have a concern for slippery conditions. Also streets and sidewalks may be an issue tomorrow as well. The
Showers moving through right now. Lets find out more about that. Dave murphy is outside. The parking lot is wet from that shower. It is. And karen rogers has your traffic. We had the shower come through and ill show you that in a second. Ill start with satellite, the wide view. You can see theres cloud cover around this morning but also some breaks of sun beginning to develop across the region. And as we take a look at storm tracker6 live double scan, you can see that we do have a shower and this is actually been producing some lightning so it may still be a thunderstorm and boy, a real big bloom of heavy rain now popping right into south philadelphia and just about ready to hit areas just to the north of the airport, fort mifflin is about to get hit and National Park in new jersey might get caught with some of that as well. Cherry hill possibly haddonfield possibly and farther up north south of jenkintown on 611, broad street outside of the city you can also see bloom developing. It d
Takeaway a big drop in crime. Reporter when Charles Ramsey arrived in philadelphia eight years ago, he promised to cut crime. Flash forward to today, as he walks to his retirement and the numbers point to a job well done. Homicide total for the year is down 33 . Reporter mayor nutter said ramseys policies likely saved lives of many young people on philadelphia streets. Ramsey previously worked in washington, where homicide rates dropped under his watch and reflecting on retirement today, he said its clear that jobs not done. Still neighborhoods far too unsafe. Too many people being shot on the streets of our city. Reporter and his critics point to problems within the Police Department itself. Black lives matter protestsers routinely interrupted speeches claiming his officers used force too often. Ramsey decided to spearhead an investigation with the justice department. It called for police reforms, rooting out corruption. I knew we had issues. But when close to something you dont alway