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A deadly train collision in the line elect to amtrak employees dead and dozens injured. some sort of lethal miscommunication led to the tragedy. >> it appears to me that the csx was on the track is supposed to be on and that appears to be a loading track or a switch track. in fact is on the wrong they were supposed to be meeting at the bridge clearly and there may be a time factor but that is what appears to be. >> the ntsb also releasing new details at the press conference. >> good evening, nts...

A deadly train collision in the line elect to amtrak employees dead and dozens injured. some sort of lethal miscommunication led to the tragedy. >> it appears to me that the csx was on the track is supposed to be on and that appears to be a loading track or a switch track. in fact is on the wrong they were supposed to be meeting at the bridge clearly and there may be a time factor but that is what appears to be. >> the ntsb also releasing new details at the press conference. >> good evening, nts...

Useful in terms of what they saw, what they felt, how they experienced this? >> okay, are you talking about interviews of the train crew? >> of the crew members who have a better understanding than somebody like me, even though i ride trains fairly frequently. i really dont know that much about them, to be honest. >> normally when the safety board gets there, theyll probably set up interviews tomorrow or maybe even the day after. what that does, it gives them a little bit of time to get some raw...

Of attention by the train crew. >> by far that was the biggest explosion i had ever seen, possibly even on video, but for sure in person. its still unreal. >> officer mcadams feels fortunate to have made it through alive, and says this incident will always be with him. >> theres no doubt ill remember it the rest of my life. it was massive. i come across by the tracks and theres any kind of fog in the area, it all hits home pretty hard. >> coming up -- a meteor crashes to the earth. power lines f...

Follow as the fire rages out of control. >> i had already had a plan of action in my head and then when it blew up, it changed everything. the first thought that went through my head was you know, okay, what do we do now. >> hundreds of nearby residents and a nursing home are evacuated. >> they said everybody over in the college hill area, you need to evacuate. >> firefighters are on the scene for more than 12 hours. the charred remains of cars and debris are a testament to the ferocity of the c...

Control. >> i had already had a plan of action in my head and then when it blew up, it changed everything. the first thought that went through my head was you know, okay, what do we do now. >> hundreds of nearby residents and a nursing home are evacuated. >> they said everybody over in the college hill area, you need to evacuate. >> firefighters are on the scene for more than 12 hours. the charred remains of cars and debris are a testament to the ferocity of the chemical-fueled inferno that clai...

It to a stop safely and the second crew member, could they be able to do something? make sure that the engineer is cognizant of the curve up ahead? thats one issue that has to be addressed. >> the other allegation contained within this lawsuit, robert is the failure to properly train and instruct the train crew on safe operations. thats kind of scary. >> thats an allegation we have yet to investigate, but you are talking about whether a mixture of whether it could be problems with the personnel,...

>> we plan to. this person has gone through a traumatic event and we want to give him an opportunity to -- to convalesce for a day or so before we interview him. it is a high priority for us to interview the train crew. >> we now know the train was going 106 miles per hour and the emergency brake was applied and that only brought it down to 102? >> it is a train going 106 miles per hour and the emergency brake was applied three seconds before the crash so in the three seconds it dropped down to ...

Call on you, say your name and outlet. >> [ inaudible ]. >> have we talked to the engineer? the answer to that is no but we plan to. this person has gone through a very traumatic event and we want to give him an opportunity to convalesce for a day or two. but thats a high priority for us is to interview the train crew. right here. >> [ inaudible ]. >> our producers are going to continue to listen to the press conference to see if there is anything else that comes out. the ntsb just announced -- ...

Scene to thoroughly document the accident site and gather factual information. we will be doing a more detailed documentation of the rail cars and the scene. we plan to interview the train crew and other personnel. we would like to interview passengers of the train. we will be conducting a site distance test. well be testing the signal system, the train control signals. well be testing the braking system and a detailed analysis instead of the cursory analysis that i mentioned earlier of the reco...