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The train are packed to capacity. this one was not. people are hanging from straps and people are standing up and moving about the train and getting a cup of coffee or whatever they want to do. it's a trade off and the government regulators make that trait off in congestion with investigations on what's the likelihood you will be killed or injury and what the costs are as opposed to the costs to amtrak and another train operator if everyone is in a seat and belted in. it makes no sense, but you can take that further up the line of safety. they discovered that a rear facing seat is safer than a...

There is much more ahead on "world news tonight" this tuesday. the commuter train collision. a train operator in critical condition tonight. one train crashing into another then hitting a third train on the next track. the ntsb is investigating at this hour. the missing boater holding on for his life. clinging to his capsized boat for 12 hours in freezing waters, off the east coast. we have news on his condition tonight. and your money this evening, the new report on why auto insurance is spiking across this country, and three things you can do right now to bring down your premiums. we'll ...

But apparently what happened is that the train came in at a low rate of speed and actually the train hit a bumping block and that it went off kilter. not it derailed and then had the accident. that's the information we have so far. there were an estimated 600 passengers on board the train when it crashed into the atlantic terminal station here in brooklyn. again the number of injuries up to 103. that certainly could grow. the governor who was here on scene a short while ago they don't know what happened with the train operator and why he or she didn't stop in time. that's something investigato...

Materials. several were hospitalized. the train operator is working with relief agencies currently. they're working to determine a cause of that accident. so as the summer travel season is hitting it's peak we're seeing some major news about the country's airlines. the department of justice saying it's investigating currently whether the airlines are colewding to limit the number of available airline seats and in doing that keeping their airfares high. phil let's talk about the investigation and which airlines are being suspected of doing this. >> we're talking about delta, united and southwes...

Different depending on whether you're a trucker or bus driver or airline pilot or a train operator. they are complex and to explain it i would have to spend a lot of time looking through the regulations. but they are different according to each mode of transportation. >> the engineer's injuries does anything indicate [ inaudible ]? >> does the engineer indicate from his injuries that me may have been struck by something entering the cab and he did not report anything to that effect when we interviewed him this afternoon? [ inaudible question ] did it come to -- did the