Busy freeway. Good morning. Im erin coleman. It was going 80 Miles Per Hour, nearly three times the speed limit. Three kill and dozens more were injured. Kirk has the late st on the investigation from washington. Oh, my god, that train is derailed over the freeway. Reporter a black box recovered from the amtrak train confirms it was traveling at 80 Miles Per Hour in a 30 mile zone as it approached a curve and flew from the rails. If it is going too fast it will derail. Reporter speed is the cause that is urpd investigatinder ni. Emergency. We are on the ground. Reporter some rail cars crashing down onto busy interstate 5 leaving three dead and dozens injured, some grateful to be alive. It is a blessing, yes. Try to live daytoday. The stretch of track hadnt been equipped with a hightech Safety System that keeps trains from crashing. Dan anderson issued this warning. Come back when there is that accident and try to justify not putting in those safety enhancements. Reporter nbc news, dupo
Holidays. Very heartbreaking. Reporter right now no charges are filed against the driver because he is in the hospital, but the investigation is obviously ongoing. The other driver who was in the car that was hit was also taken to the hospital and is stable. Drew smith, nbc10 news. We first brought you the story as breaking news on nbc10 news at 4 00. Be sure you sign up for breaking news alerts with the nbc10 app so you will always be the first to know. Right now at 6 00, a celebration at the white house tonight. President trump is enjoying his first major legislative victory, a sweeping tax code overhaul that will impact you and your money. Its the largest i always say the most massive, but its the largest tax cut in the history of our country. This afternoon the president invited republicans from the house and senate to the south lawn to celebrate his delivery of a Major Campaign promise. Hours earlier the house passed the tax bill for a second time, a procedural mistake yesterday f
Would leave someone there. I dont know what the person was doing, what they were thinking. That you could just hit somebody like that and leave them. Reporter williams became a firsttime grandfather last year and did hvac work for a company ten minutes from his home. He was on outgoing person. A really good personality. Loved to be outdoors. Reporter the crash happened a block from where he and his wife raised three children. All of this just right before christmas. And it just i would just like the person to come forward and accept what they did. Reporter police are looking through Surveillance Video and theyre also looking to talk to the driver of the Mitsubishi Lancer that was allegedly involved in the street race. Reporting live in bristol. Denise nakano, nbc10 news. An 8yearold is dead tonight after this hitandrun crash in northeast philadelphia. This is the scene of the wreck near whitaker avenue in crescentville. Police found the driver. The two drivers involved in the crash are
Get that joke. Yes, either one. We are looking outside and in the world of travel it has been fairly busy. We have an overturn truck hit and run that cleared and now we have active water main break in center city. That is all coming up. Cold shower for lot of people it sounds like. We will find out weatherwise it is completely quiet weather. It is the winter solstice today and we will officially usher in winter season with sunshine and, pretty temperature readings as well but heres the very tranquil view of storm scan pretty clear, couple high cloud but no huge deal and then not much wind, either. That is helpful. Since you have seen a substantial deficit since this same time yesterday, temperature dropped from 11 to 26 degrees, in the 24 hour, time frame, so, as that translates to the thermometer you are back to is what average. Thirtytwo is at the airport. Wind is nice and light. What you see is what you get on the thermometer. You dont to have account for wind chill. 25 degrees in m
So already in the world of travel. Getting busy. Quiet over here. Yeah. But as you said it is off to a chilly start. It is first day of winter. We expect that. We are catching sunshine today storm scan view is very quiet and will stay that way through the day with sunshine as well, and there is a chill in the air to go with this too. Currently storm scan nice and quiet and will stay that way through the day. If you will recall this same time yesterday we were not only well in the 40s but there were a number of places in the lower 50s, this same hour, so youre 24 hour temperature departure is substantial. It is way colder. Luckily not too breezy outside but it is still chill i. You will to have bundle up adequately. Many are sitting in the 20s right now and we have a few hours before that sunrisees, but we will even up were 44. It is pretty much exactly where we should within sunshine as well and we will mark solstice officially at 11 28 this morning. Coming up we will mention that poss