Christmas. Early today starts right now. Good morning, im phillip mena. Im frances rivera. It was a first day gone wrong for a new highspeed amtrak line in Washington State. Three people were killed and about two dozen injured when an inaugural train derailed off the bridge and crashing into the highway below. It happened in tacoma in the city of dupont during the morning rush. Passengers on board later described the harrowing scene. Things just 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. The cause of the crash is under investigation, but Authorities Say speed may have been a factor. Nbcs scott cohn is in dupont with more for us. Scott, good morning. Reporter good morning, phillip. We do know that more now about the speed thanks to the National Transportation safety board which is now onsite. They have been able to download the information from th
Christmas. Early today starts right now. Good morning, im phillip mena. Im frances rivera. It was a first day gone wrong for a new highspeed amtrak line in Washington State. Three people were killed and about two dozen injured when an inaugural train derailed off the bridge and crashing into the highway below. It happened in tacoma in the city of dupont during the morning rush. Passengers on board later described the harrowing scene. Things just 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. The cause of the crash is under investigation, but Authorities Say speed may have been a factor. Nbcs scott cohn is in dupont with more for us. Scott, good morning. Reporter good morning, phillip. We do know that more now about the speed thanks to the National Transportation safety board which is now onsite. They have been able to download the information from th
Early today starts right now. Good morning, im phillip mena. Im frances rivera. It was a first day gone wrong for a new highspeed amtrak line in Washington State. Three people were killed and about two dozen injured when an inaugural train derailed off the bridge and crashing into the highway below. It happened in tacoma in the city of dupont during the morning rush. Passengers on board later described the harrowing scene. Things just 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. The cause of the crash is under investigation, but Authorities Say speed may have been a factor. Nbcs scott cohn is in dupont with more for us. Scott, good morning. Reporter good morning, phillip. We do know that more now about the speed thanks to the National Transportation safety board which is now onsite. They have been able to download the information from the black box
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Under way. Well have them in a matter of minutes. While we wait for those results we want to get you the latest for the story that unf d unfolded on news4 at 5 00 and 6 00 tonight. Many of you watching as Prince Georges County firefighters pulled people out to safety. We have Team Coverage as investigators work to figure out what caused the fire. We start with shomari stone and dozens of residents left out in the cold. Shomari. Reporter good evening. Dozens of those families are either with relatives, friends or housing provided by the red cross. The fire started on the fourth floor. Surrounding units either have fire or water damage. Many of those tenants came out here. It was cold. They had clothes on their backs and blankets and tonight, theyre doing everything they can to try and find a place to sleep. Look at this chopper 4 video, orange flame, thick black smoke shooting in the air as this fire rages at an Apartment Building in Prince Georges County just south of the capitol beltw