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Casualties and now amtrak adjusting the number saying 77 passengers were on the train at the time. five crew members also aboard. five motor vehicles down on the highway on i-5 and you see right there, were struck and it also two semi trucks and you can see, i believe that orange is a semi truck right there. that orange vehicle, were also struck. they're working to secure the trains but the real breaking news here is that positive train control was not implemented in today's incident. train 501 did not have that very important ptc. >> it uses gps and signals to determine whether a train has mi...

Plowed her 1996 oldmobile on to a sidewalk along the strip with a 3-year-old girl in the car. officials describe holloway as stoic following the crash, saying she may have been under the influence of a stimulant. blood tests are still pending. holloway is being held in police custody without bail and faces charges of murder with a deadly weapon. 100 million americans are expected to travel this christmas week, many by train. tonight amtrak is ramping up its safety system. officials announcing the positive train control was switched on over the weekend that. system which is now operational be...

Miles per hour. that accident is still under investigation. >> that type of a system we call a positive train control system, that type of system is designed to enforce the civil speed to keep the train below its maximum speed. so we have called for positive train control for many, many years. it's on our most wanted list. congress has mandate thad it be installed by the end of this year. >> reporter: now they're installing it by the end of this year. amtrak officials put the price tag for this installation at $110 million. the northeast corridor brings in about 500 million in profit a year, e...

Its ground that they want the safety measures implemented, right? >> they do. they also kept delaying it at the beginning. they've had quite a long lead time to get this done. >> i see. >> it's dirty hands in a number of different places. one is that amtrak, one is congress with the funding issues to make sure amtrak has the money to invest in this technology. it's like a computer. you buy it and 18 months it's out dates. some of this positive train control is in the same position. >> you're talk about this ptc, which is positive train control. we game familiar with that after the track that h...

Deems to be necessary safety measures. this in the wake of the derailment in vermont. amtrak issuing demands and trace gallagher is live with break news. >> the netechnology is called positive train control and regulates train speeds electronically by slowing train downs as they head toward the sharp turns or congested areas. after the amtrak crash near philly that killed eight people it was major push to get the technology installed faster but the bottom line is there's no way the railroad will make the end of the year deadline because the system is all wireless. that means installing a lot m...