Jeff is thankful to be alive. Once it started it was kind of bizarre. It almost felt like we were flying. The cars flew off a left hand curve and at least 200 people were transported to hospitals and an additional body was found in the wreckage and the death toll rose to seven and they disabuse that project ecaisles were linked to the crash and that it was traveling as twice the posted limit. I cant confirm that and i done believe that the ntsb can confirm anything like that. They are still going through their process. That situation though still seems to have changed. The ntsb has confirmed about that high rate of speed and traveling at a higher rate of speed than posted for the curve. We expect to hear more from the Safety Agency here there say meeting tonight. John rawlins channel 6 action news. John thank you, we have been seeing the startling images the new video from the ntsb and the video we just saw and all of it which spells out the enormity of this disaster and that could be spelled out by response to it. And off to my right 100 feet down the street there is media from clear around the world gathered here at frankford in the citys Port Richmond section that only compliments the Law Enforcement response there are investigators from every level federal, state and local here coming through the wreckage, blocking the city streets and all the helicopters Many State Police helicopters and philadelphia helicopters in the air as well. You heard john mention the black box i want to tell you about that its at the amtrak operation sentner delaware investigators are trying to pull whatever they can from that device right now t. Works differently for trains than it does for airplanes on train theres is only one such black box and it should tell investigatest ers how fast the train was going. And the major part of this investigation will come from the engineer, the man who was driving this train when it derailed last night. And vernon odom is live now at east detectives where the engineer was speaking with detectives today an incredible story there. Reporter speaking at a very limited fashion, the engineer of amtrak 188 in the hot seat, why was he apparently going double the speed limit, he apparently gave Philadelphia Police no firm answers today. The trains engineer spent hours inside of the headquarters today and according to Police Commissioner ramsey declined to give a full statement even after his union lawyer arrived. The 22yearold engineer declined to shed light on anything that occurred. The engineer was injured and received medical care and was interviewed by the Philadelphia Police department and made whatever statement he may have made. With all the speculation of the speed of train when it hit that deadly curve one Police Report had this conclusion, its a safe assumption that the guy was going faster than the recommended limit. He man left through a rear door and key members of the investigate of team assembled to develop their game plan courtesy of commissioner ramsey. Tonight Police Commissioner ramsey says that the conductor of 188 received a fractured skull and is struggling to survive tonight. Vernon odom, channel 6 action news. All right thank you vernon of course while investigators are focused on exactly what happened and trying to pinpoint the cause of last nights derailment, many are focused understandably and necessarily on the victims of this terrible tragedy. Mayor Michael Nutter ordered all flags to fly at half staff in honor of those who died in this tragedy Governor Tom Wolf gave the orders statewide, we are learning more about the victims as well as the people that survived and trying to figure out just what to do next. Walter perez is live now at 12th and market. That is where a Family Resource center is set up. Brian once again it has been confirm that at least seven people are killed and more than 200 injured and a former congressman, though his injuries were quite minor and others are missing including a woman recently named ceo of eyre Company Based here in philadelphia. It was two months ago when Rachel Jacobs was named ceo the 39yearold mother of two was listed as a passenger on the amtrak train that derailed and is among those that are listed. The 48 father of two in new jersey was a Software Architect for the Associated Press and joseph zemder was on his way home to rockaway for spring break. He was a loving son and nephew and cousin and very community minded. We are shocked. Moon while in the midst of this tragedy are stories of survival including congressman Patrick Murphy on his way home after a business trip to washington murphy an iraq war veteran says he never experienced anything quite like that. The car veered to the left and then violently over to the right, i am 61 about 200 pounds and i was thrown like a rag doll like everyone else. We spoke to a passenger jeff cutler who lived in brooklyn and grew up on east oak lane. He took a tumble and received a cut but he is a grateful man. They wanted to xray us i am mobile and i can walk and slight limp but no break but i am lucky, lucky to be standing here. A Family Resource center is set up here at the marriott. Investigators are slow on purpose releasing information on the victim so as new information is released stay with action news and 6abc. Com for the latest. Walter perez channel 6 action news. All right thank you walter. We want to remind you once again that amtrak has set up a hot line, this is the number on your screen, if you are looking for a loved one that is the number to call 18005239101. City officials at amtrak asking anyone that was on the train but has not checked in with anyone to please call them. If you are familiar with how amtrak works many times people buy tickets for a train and get on a later train that is cause for confusion this afternoon. This will help them make sure everyone is accounted for. We got an updated from temple hospital this afternoon that is where many of the most seriously injured are being treated. Lets head there now ali gorman is there live at the hospital with an update. Reporter brian the chief of medicine came out to update reporters. He did identify the name of the gentlemen that passed away here, he also said that 23 patients remain here at Temple University hospital and eight patients remain in Critical Condition overnight 54 patients were take and to Temple University hospital, many were treated and released and most had broken bones like arms legs and wrists. They have activated emergency plans meaning extra nurses, doctors and support staff was on hand to help. I was very pleased things came together here last night very well and in just a few hours the trauma team and the doctors and nurses that are trained to do this responded wonderfully. I think we passed the test. Back here live dr. Curbshing says that many patients will stay overnight and have surgery and the patients in Critical Condition he expects them to do well. Ali gorman channel 6 action news. All right thank you. For those who were able to some how walk away from the incident last night, today was not about recovery, but about processing what happened. Obviously no small task, it was about trying to get where they were going last night it made for a rather hectic day at 30 and street station it was crazy to say the least. Eva pilgram is live now. You have the scene from there. The red cross was set up here at 30th street station for much of the day to help the victims of the Train Derailment, they helped out 75 of them, meanwhile, countless others are figuring out how to get to their destinations. 188 victims arrived here early this morning after being released from local hospitals, they came with bandages and bruises and still in shocked. I can feel the car tipping over and then the blackness of flipping in the dark. Buses were on hand to get the victims to new york this morning and for others traveling today. The Train Derailment is on their minds. Its horrible my heart goes out to the families. Jaime was traveling from florida and amtrak made the announcement at 6 00 this morning to passengers on the train. We got off in washington, anybody that was coming to philadelphia, we had to get on another train and everybody had to get their luggage off and people are in washington trying to figure out how to get back. Not just passengers in new york are affected by the changes today. We are still making our trip on time. New Jersey Transit has shuttle buss to help people get into the garden state if you are trying to get to new york, there say shuttle to cherry hill and then another shuttle to pennsauken and you can get on the river line to trenton, in trenton you take the northeast corridor to pen station in new york. You expect to get from point a to point b, and you expect to come home safely. Back here at 30th street station, you can see there is still traffic here and trains are running in and out and none to Atlantic City or to new york. We are live here at 30th street station eva pilgram channel 6 action news. All right thank you very much. I want to give you one more sense of perspective as we zoom this camera in on the amtrak engine about 200 or 300 yards from where we are standing that gives you a seasons to the tracks themselves, and if you hang a hard right there is another 200 yards to the derailment site itself. Obviously that caused a logistic problem last night to get people in in the midst of darkness and getting heavy equipment in certainly the kind needed to upright the train cars is an enormous task. Many equipment and even more people remain on the scene back there. We have much more coming up from our location here in Port Richmond and near the derailment scene coming up in the next half hour. Great to have you out there brian, its awesome to see that happening in the daytime. Meantime in washington the house of representatives rejected a bill today that would have improved amtraks infrastructure, the bill to increase the budget died in the republican led house appropriate Appropriates Committee it would reduce grants to amtrak by 50 from last year, cut improvement and leave money for safety and operations at last years levels. We know the Train Derailment is having an impact on traffic, matt pellman is in the Traffic Center. We are seeing a lot of detours a lot of them could be in place for a while. Of the course the biggy being Amtrak Service between here and new york city, all trains on the northeast corridor still halted but trains are operating between philadelphia and between here and harrisburg and d. C. And d. C. And boston. Njt is helping out running buses from cherry hill to trenton and can you take amtrak up to new york city, but the a. C. Amtrak line is not running and wont be for a while. Septa, the trenton Regional Rail line is halted and stay that way for a while and they added extra service on the trenton line, extra trains and cars on the regularly scheduled trains chestnut east is doing fine. Meanwhile on the roadway front there in Port Richmond a bunch of blockages frankford avenue is open between tarsdale and caster but i would avoid it stick with aramingo or richmond or 95 but extra volume on 95 today and the next few days as people detour and are forced to take to the roads rather than the trains and city avenue southbound construction is coming off the schuylkill is jamming us up and on the schuylkill eastbound by gulph mills there is a crash in the right lane giving us delays out of king of prussia. Thank you are you on top of that, we have more ahead nydia han is talking to train experts to get more insight on the investigation and Nora Muchanic is in trenton seeing an unusually busy day and sara bloomquist is talking to people that live near the derailment, about how the wreck is impacting their community. And we have complete coverage at 6abc. Com we are alerting you nonstop with the latest developments and find dozens of photos from the scene and viewer videos from the crash all on 6abc. Com. Now to developing news an exterminator is convicted of murdering a center city doctor a jury found jason smith guilty of strangling the doctor in 2013. He was hired to get rid of mice at her home, and told investigators that the pair argued over the quality of his work and they convicted smith after one day of clib rations. Today people gathered to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the long standoff with Philadelphia Police and the Liberation Group move, it came to an explosive end. The police dropped a bomb on the fortified West Philadelphia compound on osage avenue in 1985 firefighters were unable to stop the flames from consuming 65 homes and three blocks essentially burned to the ground and today people gathered at the site, erica mimes holding up a sign remembering the victims. I remember this happening as a child and the bomb dropping on the house and watching the neighborhood just go up in flames. This is something that philadelphia has to remember and this is something that cannot go away and something that has to be dealt with. Its being marked with commemoration events with people all across the Country Holding similar gathering. Ten families are forced out of their homes by an Apartment Fire in Camden County we can see the flames burn through the roof of several units at the echelon glen apartments, a dog died in the fire and the red cross is helping people with a place to stay. Philadelphia firefighters spent their afternoon at a burning apartment in torresdale, this started at ashton road, the flames shot through the top of one unit before 4 00, investigators are working to determine how it started, there are no reports of any injuries. Its time now for accuweather, lets go over to meteorologist, adam joseph. A distinct change in the air low humidity and a little on the chilly side at times especially when the sunshine is not out we take a live look out here, sky 6 hd over the ben franklin bridge sunshine sharing the sky with the cloud cover today and a dry day and again a windy one as well. 71 now in philadelphia so far the high to the day but north and west mid up toer 60s, 69 in wilmington and Sea Isle City 67 degrees and at the shore equal to inland locations because of the wind out of the northwest so no sea breeze. You heard the winds pick up and they continue to range from speeds of 29 Miles Per Hour in reading and 22 in wildwood and the winds start to relax and ease overnight. Now from 6 00 red flag warnings continue to be in effect for all of new jersey it means that with the breeze and low humidity the ground that is very dry, unfortunately good fuel once again, if there was a fire to spark up it could easily spread this afternoon. You can see all the cumulous clouds bubbling up its the cold air draining in from the north and west and interacting with that strong warm may sunshine and as you look at the numbers 46 in trenton and near 50 in philadelphia and 45 in millville and going down to 40 in allentown and 40 in lancaster, clear sky and less wind and chilly. Temperatures are similar tomorrow afternoon to today with the winds again out of the northwest for the northwestern suburbs 69 in allentown and the wind will start to kick off the water, the sea breeze will develop tomorrow at the shore. With temperatures in the mid60s, pollen levels remain on the high side, and spiking again over the weekend and the culprits oak birch and maple. The four day at 4 00, tomorrow a decent day more in the way of sun than clouds and spring beauty of 73 degrees and then on friday sunshine and some high clouds and 76 and the muggy weather returns with the warmth over the weekend on saturday 85 degrees and there could be a stray downpour or thunderstorm in a couple of spots but far from a washout this weekend either day and warm 84 and muggy sunday and a chance of a scattered thunderstorm around well have the sevenday forecast, and ill let you know if there is more organized rain, we need a soaking. Thank you adam. 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