Nbcs sarah dalof starts our coverage tonight. Reporter on the first day of a newly established route monday morning, tragedy aboard amtrak 501. Things started to tip over and as it was going around and then all of a sudden just ended up on side, and everything went dark and stuff started flying around and that was it. Then it stopped. Reporter a stunned motorist watched the train derail. One car falling to the interstate below, another dangling from the overpass. I was right in front of it really. Nerve racking, kind of sick to your stomach after seeing this right now. Reporter multiple vehicles were hit by the falling train car as others came crashing into the pile. The people that were in all the vehicles, even though when you see the pictures, its pretty horrific. At this point nobody in any of vehicles was fatal. Reporter 77 passengers and five crew members were on board the train which was headed south from seattle to portland. Witnesses scrambled trapped survivors and help emerge
It is so intense out there. Take a look at this video. This is the traffic backup this morning from a huge pothole that opened up on 580 near livermore. Its still backed up right now. Elissa harrington is live at the scene. I understand that road wont be clear for hours understandably. Reporter problems started around 3 00 a. M. Repairs are taking a lot longer than expected. Caltrans crews will be out here until 9 00 or 10 00 tonight. This pothole opened up right at the edge of the overcrossing where you can see traffic is still crawling. This hazard is causing headaches for drivers including one man i talked to who missed his Early Morning flight. How long were in you traffic . Id say about 2 1 2 hours. Reporter it was a rough morning for thousands of drivers like Terrence Carter stuck for hours along interstate 580 near livermore. Video from sky 7 shows the line of cars moving at washington speed stretched all the way to tracy. I was more than stressed out. I had anxiety, fear of mis
Fox5 local news starts now. And thank you for joining us tonight on this Easter Sunday im lauren demarco. Im jim lokay. Off the top were talking about the Easter Sunday we saw outside and man it was just a great day no matter are where you were. Great day to be outdoors. It had a feeling of spring and found like summer today. And getting a check on weather. Lauren and jim its been such a Beautiful Day and tonight we are still seeing people out and about enjoying the weather and some are walking or bike ago around the title basin and easter can be such a toss up when it comes to the weather. Some years youre needing a jacket and this time around, though, you can grab that bathing suit we went over to yards park in southeast not far from nationals parka long the anacostia river. Kids were having a blast in the wading pool and there was a mountain to play in. Theres very few outdoor play options especially here in the dmv. And a month and a half out from hem orial day. The kids we talked
Police are investigating a shooting on colfax west of yosemite this morning, they are not telling us anything about victims or a suspect. We will let you know when we learn more. Another unseasonably warm day expected, definitely hot for midoctober that means there could be a risk of another fire. This fire started in parker on thursday, the cause, sparks from a grinder a reminder they need to be extra careful if you are working on the house. Douglas county dealt with backtoback fires the latest yesterday afternoon near inspiration drive. Several miles east of 470, the fire spread quickly through a grass area. It was put out before reaching homes. Families preparing for a major storm, moving to the western part of the us, they are prepping for the worst storm potentially in about 50 years. We take a closer look at what residents are doing to prepare and how bad the storm is supposed to get. The Pacific Northwest in for a second round of high winds and heavy rain, the remnants of a paci
Cover is increasing we have light rain with all of the warm weather we have we see a changeover from rain this is coming down to light snow moving down pretty quick and then the coverage is relatively small onagain offagain showers in the temperatures in the middle and upper 30s so shooting for a high today of 22 and we have and taking away the left lane we will show you that in a moment also north Richfield Center some employees have been able to get through to their places of employment you may want to call ahead to see if your business is open. And that is on the lefthand side of your screen crocker are 90 eastbound it is eight minutes about an hour Bank Witnesses say they saw a man running down the victim was later taken to the Medical Center know other news. They are looking for a man considered armed and dangerous after he killed a man and send the woman to the hospital. Good morning. A very scary moment yesterday a lot of the area was put into lockdown they are searching for a m