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But -- and this has been a priority issue for the ntsb for a number of years. >> i want to talk about the data on that, which i was looking at today, and was actually surprised and heartened by what i saw. in 1981, you have 9,461 collisions at crossings. 728 fatalities, which is a lot. by 2013, youre down to just over 2,000 collisions and 251 fatalities. whats been done to bring those numbers down as rapidly as theyve come down? >> prioritize the crossings themselves and make sure theres the app...

Were injured. one is listed in critical condition, another in serious condition. others in stable condition or released from the hospital. but as ntsb investigators began their work this morning, there was one unmistakable bright spot, the rest of the more than 600 passengers in that train evacuated safely. joining me, kitty higgins, a former member of the national trsts safety board. kitty, how do you start an investigation of this kind of accident? what are you looking to reconstruct? and is t...

Passengers in new york, just north of the city. a packed train smashes into a jeep cherokee on the tracks. it explodes into a fire ball. seven people are now dead, including the driver of that suv. just moments ago, the ntsb saying a crew is heading this now to the scene. the ntsb speaking moments ago. >> i want to send somebody to look at the signals the rail traffic signals, the highway signals, as well as the crossing arms. each of those devices has a recorder on it. those recorders have alre...

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The state department was caught in a lie over who funded that meeting and are now backtracking the comn. >> i didnt have the information in one small piece. the meeting was set up by the center for the study of

Or the pole that ended up on her car. she gets out of her car, surveys the situation. she goes to get back in her car. now she was killed and we also understand that in the first car of the train, youre looking at horrific pictures right now of the fire and the explosion that ensued after that hit. but in that first train car is where we understand six fatalities also occurred. governor andrew cuomo of new york explained what they believe caused that fire and explosion. a third rail from the tra...

Have been searching the wreckage. 15 people have been pulled out alive, but 24 remain missing. this is the second deadly crash for transasia airways in just six months. 48 people died when a plane went down back in july. also breaking overnight a nightmare commute for hundreds of passengers when their packed train smashes into a jeep and explodes into a fire ball. this happened in new york just north of new york city. police say the driver of the suv was trying to cross the tracks when the gat...

First car of the train -- you are looking at historic pictures now of the fire and the explosion that ensued after that hit. the first train car is where we not six fatalities also occurred. governor andrew cuomo of new york explained at this point what they believe caused that fire and that explosion. a third rail from the track actually pierced through the first train car, igniting the entire train. >> when you look at the damage done and damage by the fire its actually amazing that not more p...

Driver who got stuck on the tracks. theyre also going to be looking at how the fire spread because that could indicate the power, the force of the collision. we know that the train did collide with that jeep cherokee that got stuck on the tracks on the wrong side of that cross -- of that gate that had lowered. the driver had -- did have enough time to get out of the car, look at the back of her car to see what exactly was going on. this from an eye witness that was behind her. then she tried to ...

Finally, the trains are supposed to blow their whistles attic points when theyre approaching the crossing. however, in many places in many municipalities there are limits where they can blow the whistle. there are many reasons why someone might not be aware that a train is coming or the gates are about to come down. >> right. now in terms of the accountability here of what was -- should have been done or was done by those in charge the death toll some good news the death toll was revised from se...