Wusa 9. Hopefully its much ado about nothing. Ellen, thank you. Like a driver who misses his exit on the beltway, the engineer on that deadly amtrak derailment that happened a year ago, near philadelphia, lost track of where he was. Thought he was farther down the rail line, where the speed limit was 110 miles an hour. Thats the conclusion today, at the National Transportation safety board, which also warned more people are likely to die, until all railroads implement automatic Safety Systems. Wusa 9s bruce leshan is live with details on this. Good evening, bruce. Hey, adam. Here is something i didnt know. There are no posted speed limit signs on the rails. Amtrak engineers pride themselves on knowing exactly where they are and exactly how fast they are allowed to go. But in this case, the ntsb says Brandon Bostian was distracted by reports of someone throwing trcks at trains and simply lost ack of where he was. Reporter bostian hit the throttle just before the crash. Accelerating the
Investigation. They have been taking their time out here because they want to make sure that everyone is okay. They werent sure what was in the truck. They say the driver who drove this truck on the grass said he was exposed to anthrax in virginia and brought a bucket of the stuff. He drove on the National Mall grass at third and fourth by madison and witnesses called police. Police came out here and eventually brought him into custody where out here they also swabbed him and tested him for anthrax and say those results are negative. He hasnt been exposed to anthrax. The man went through decontamination before going to the hospital. We talked to a man who saw it all happen. I looked over and there was a gentleman in the car on the phone. Eventually he came out, put his hands up and officers walked up to his after 10 minutes or so. He the officers had gas masks on. They walked him to the bench on the side of the mall there. Reporter like that man, a lot of people could not get their car
Even still, already 5 00 and normally we ten to see more vehicles but remark is light. We do have an accident 880 northbound direction. C. H. P. Is on the scene. A car planned on its side. Possible injuries involved. No delays. No lanes are blocked. Thank you, leyla. Developing news in the south bay, San Jose Police are investigating a shooting involving their officers. A man is in the hospital. He is recovering from one gunshot wound after officers were called to a Mobile Home Park for a welfare check. Month officers were injuried. Janet o is on the scene with a report at 5 30. The wait is almost over for apple fans. In three hours the newest iphone is on sale in the bay area. Amy hollyfield is at the palo alto store. We are seeing a creative new way to wait in line. That is true. Of course, we have the usual devoted diehard fans who got in line yesterday, physically here, in their chairs and sleeping bags. We also have an unusual person in line. It looks like it is a robot. We have s
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