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CREWS ARE BUSY CLEANING UP A
TRAIN DERAILMENT IN
WOOD COUNTY TONIGHT. IT
HAPPENED SHORTLY AFTER NOON...
BUT THAT CLEAN-UP WILL TAKE
DAYS.
GOOD EVENING AND THANKS FOR
JOINING US, I'M ROB POWERS.
AND I'M SUSAN ROSS WELLS.
A C-S-X FREIGHT TRAIN DERAILED
IN NORTH BALTIMORE THIS
AFTERNOON... ABOUT 40 MILES
SOUTH OF TOLEDO. 13-ABC'S TONY
GEFTOS HAS MORE ON THE
CLEAN-UP....
NOW LET'S CHECK THE DAY'S TOP
STORIES.
NOW LET'S CHECK THE DAY'S TOP
ST
FOR THOSE OF YOU JUST IN THE
DOOR ... HERE ARE THE TOP
STORIES
AT THIS HOUR.
TWO FREIGHT TRAINS DERAILED IN
THE SMALL TOWN OF NORTH
BALTIMORE.
THREE PEOPLE IN AUTOMOBILES ARE
HURT. WRECKAGE HIT THEIR CARS
WHILE THEY WERE WAITING AT THE
CROSSING. AT LEAST 15 CARS OF
A TRAIN CARRYING STEAL AND OTHER
ITEMS DERAILED.
A MEMORIAL SER
LEE CONKLIN WITH WHAT'S NEXT
AT SIX ON 13ABC ACTION NEWS.
WE'RE CONTINUING OUR COVERAGE OF
THE TRAIN DERAILMENT IN WOOD
COUNTY ..
WE HAVE TEAM COVERAGE OF THE
MANGLED MESS OF TRAINS AND CARS
... WITH THE LATEST UPDATES AND
>> WE'RE CONTINUING OUR TRAIN
DERAILMENT.
MANGLED METAL, A TRAIN TRAFFIC
.
>> MANGLED METAL A TRAIN TRAFFIC
TIE UP AND VICTIMS SENT TO THE
HOSPITAL AFTER TRAINS COLLIDE
AND
DERAIL.
>> A WINTER WEATHER ALERT.
WILL IT BE A GLANCING BLOW?
>> PLUS HOME FORECLOSE YOURS ON
THE RISE WHAT IT MEANS TO YOU.
PLUS.
>> WE'RE GOING INTO
AREA EATERIES
TO FIND OUT WHO'S SERVING THINGS
UPRIGHT.
DETAILS IN TONIGHT'S RESTAURANT
REPORT CARD.
>> WHAT IS A BIG PROBLEM AND YES
SIR YES A BIG MESS ATWOOD
COUNTY.
A TRAIN DERAILMENT SENDS
3 PEOPLE
TO THE HOSPITAL.
>> OFFICIALS SAY THE TRAINS
COLLIDED IN NORTH BALTIMORE
ON THE
CSX TRACK NEAR THE TARR STREET
CROSSING SENDING SEVERAL CARS
OFF
THE TRACK.
>>Reporter: THE CLEAN UP
CONTINUES OUT HERE TONIGHT, LEE
AND YOU CAN TAKE A LA FROM WHERE
WE ARE ABOUT AN HOUR AND-A-HALF
AGO YOU'LL SEE WHY.
THIS WAS ON TOP OF THE GRAIN
ELEVATOR RIGHT NEAR WHERE THE
ACCIDENT HAPPENED.
THE CARS, THE RAIL CARS THAT ARE
BOXED UPPER THE ONES THAT WENT
OFF
THE TRACKS OF IT THEY WERE
HEADING
WESTBOUND.
AND THEY KIND OF STACKED UP HIT
THE CARS HEADING EBB.
THOSE WERE CARRYING COAL.
THEY WERE ALL KNOCKED INTO THE
STREET.
THREE VICTIMS THIS IS JOE COOK
HE'S 25 YEAR-OLD JUST MOVED TO
WEST BALTIMORE FROM JERSEY
3 WEEKS
AGO.
TELL US WHAT HAPPENED.
>> WELL I WAS LEAVING THE
HARDWARE
STORE RIGHT AROUND THE
CORNER AND
I PULLED UP -- THERE WAS A
TURQUOISE CAR IN THE FRONT THERE
WAS A WHITE CAR BEHIND HIM I
PULLED UPRIGHT BEHIND HIM SAT
THERE FOR A COUPLE OF MINUTES
THEN
THE CARS WENT UP OFF THE TRACKS
AND PRETTY MUCH LANDED ON TOP OF
THE TURQUOISE CAR.
AND AT THAT POINT STUFF WAS JUST
SORT OF FLYING TOWARDS US.
ANOTHER CAR STARTED DERAILING.
I SAW TELEPHONE POLES FLYING.
I START BACKING UP.
THE GUY IN FRONT OF ME STARTED
BACKING UP.
AS HE WAS BAGGING UP HE GOT HIT
BY
SOME STUFF.
I DIDN'T SEE WHAT HIT HIM, AND
THEN AT THAT POINT I SAW HIM GET
OUT OF THE CAR AND I GOT OUT OF
THE CAR WE STARTED RUNNING AND
IT
ENDED UP WITH A COUPLE OF TRAIN
CARS BEHIND ME AND CARS WRECKED
IN
FRONT OF ME.
AND I WAS PRETTY MUCH RIGHT
IN THE
MIDDLE UNTOUCHED.
IT WAS PROBABLY THE ONLY SPOT I
WOULDN'T HAVE GOT ANYTHING HIT.
>> AND YOUR CAR WAS OKAY AND YOU
HAD DAMAGE TO YOUR EYE.
>> AS SOON AS I GOT OUT OF
THE CAR
I FELT SOMETHING POKE ME IN THE
LEFT EYE.
I DIDN'T THINK ANYTHING OF IT.
WHEN THE AMBULANCE SHOWED UP FOR
THE GUY WHO WAS IN FRONT OF ME.
I TALKED TO HIM BECAUSE THE EYE
WAS STILL SING STEUGING.
THEY CHECKED ME OUT THEY WANTED
ME
TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL.
WE WENT TO WOOD COUNTY HOSPITAL
AND THEY CHECKED OUT MY EYE AND
THERE WAS A FEW SCRATCHES TO THE
CORNEA AND THEY GAVE ME SOME EYE
DROPS NOTHING SERIOUS.
>>Reporter: INCREDIBLE CLOSE
CALL WHEN YOU TAKE A LA AT THOSE
PICTURES.
>> UNREAL.
I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE
THAT.
>>Reporter: THANK YOU FOR
SHARING YOUR STORY.
LIVE IN NORTH BALTIMORE TONY G.
>> WE SAW THE VIDEO OUR
PHOTOGRAPHERS SH-T.
MANY VIEWERS ALSO SAW A SHOT AND
SENT US IMAGES OF THE CRASH.
TAKE A LA AT THESE PICTURES.
THEY JUMPED THE TRACKS A AROUND
12:15 THIS AFTERNOON.
>> WE WERE FIRST ON THE
AIR ABOUT
THE CRASH.
ALEXIS MEANS WAS AMONG THE FIRST
PEOPLE ON THE SCENE.
SHE APPEARED ON CNN AND JOINS US
NOW WITH WHAT SHE SAW.
>>Reporter: DIANE ITS AMAZING
THIS TRAIN DERAILMENT DIDN'T
TAKE
OUT THERE HOUSE RIGHT HERE.
WE DO KNOW THAT THREE PEOPLE
WERE
INJURED ONE PERSON SO SERIOUSLY
THAT THEY HAD TO USE THE JAWS OF
LIFE TO FREE HIM.
NEIGHBORS SAY IT LOOKED LIKE
SOMETHING OUT OF A MOVIE.
FRUSTRATE CARS ON TOP OF EACH
OTHER CARS CRUSHED AND PEOPLE
TRAPPED.
COLUMN LET HUNT LIVES FEET FROM
WHERE THE TRAINS JUMPED THE
TRACKS.
>> I SEEN STONES AND ALL THAT
FLYING AND IT LANDED UP ON THE
CAR.
>>Reporter: THE POLICE CHIEF
SAYS A SHEET OF METAL FLEW
OFF ONE
OF THE TRAINS AND SMASHED THIS
GREEN CAR.
THE VILLAGE
STREET SUPERINTENDENT
WAS DRIVING IT.
HE CAN'T BELIEVE HE SURVIVED.
>> I AM VERY SURPRISED, BUT I'M
VERY GRATEFUL TOO.
>>Reporter: INVESTIGATORS SAY
THE CROSSING GATES WERE DOWN
LIGHTS WERE FLASHING AND DRIVERS
WERE JUST WAITING.
>> I TALKED WITH A COUPLE
OF WITS
WHO LIVE NEARBY IN-HOUSEES DOWN
THERE, THE GATES WERE DOWN, THE
CARS WERE NOT ON THE TRACKS, THE
CARS WERE WAITING BECAUSE THE
TRAINS WERE CASTING.
THE COAL TRAIN THAT'S GOING EAST
HAD BEEN GOING THROUGH TOWN FOR
QUITE SOMETIME AND IT WAS ONLY
MOVING ALONG AT ABOUT 5 TO 10 10
MILES AN HOUR.
>>Reporter: CSX BROUGHT IN HEAVY
MACHINERY TO REMOVE THE CARS.
>> THE MACHINERY IS HERE TO MOVE
THE CARS.
THEY NEED TO CLEAN
EVERYTHING OFF
THE MAIN TRACK SET THE CARS BACK
ON AND ROLL THEM OUT.
>>Reporter: NOW THE PEOPLE THAT
WERE INJURED IN THIS
ACCIDENT OVER
HERE WHEN THE TRAIN DERAILED THE
SUPERINTENDENT THE
VILLAGE STREET
SUPERINTENDENT HE WAS TAKEN TO A
LOCAL HOSPITAL.
WE DO NOT KNOW HIS CONDITION.
ALSO ANOTHER CITY WORKER, HE WAS
TAKEN TO A LOCAL HOSPITAL.
HIS CONDITION HAS NOT BEEN
RELEASED BUT YOU DID HEAR MAY
COLLEAGUE TONY TALK TO THE THIRD
VICTIM WHO WAS DOING OKAY
TONIGHT.
AS YOU CAN SEE RIGHT BEHIND ME
EMERGENCY SERVICES, THEY ARE
HERE
ON THE SCENE.
THEY ARE WORKING TO REMOVE THOSE
FRUSTRATE FREIGHT CARS.
AND THE POLICE CHIEF TELLS US IT
WILL MOST LICKLY BE TWO DAYS
BEFORE THIS MESS IS CLEANED UP.
>> AND HERE IS SOME MORE IMAGES
VIEWERS SENT US.
THEY SHOW THE DEVASTATION AFTER
THE DERAILMENT IN NORTH
BALTIMORE.
AGAIN THREE PEOPLE SENT TO THE
HOSPITAL.
ONE WE ARE TOLD IN FACT WE HEARD
HIM TALKING TO TONY GUS TUESDAY
TONIGHT.
HE'S BEEN RELEASED FROM THE
HOSPITAL WITH MINOR EYE
SCRATCHES.
>> LATEST DATA AVAILABLE
ON TRAIN
ACCIDENTS SHOWS MORE THAN 2,000
TRAINS DERAILED IN THE U.S. IN
2003.
CERTAINLY NOT THE FIRST
DERAILMENT
IN RECENT YEARS.
IN MAY OF THIS YEAR A TRAIN
DERAILED 99 CAR TRAIN JUMPED THE
CROSSING.
>> IN OCTOBER OF HAS YEAR TWO
NORFOLK SOUTHERN TRAINS NEAR THE
RAIL YARD AT CHERRY HE STREET.
THE TRAIN GOING EASTBOUND DIDN'T
STOP AT THE SIGNAL.
THE CRASH CAUSED ABOUT
$935,000 IN
DAMAGE.
OF COURSE WE'LL CONTINUE
TO FOLLOW
TWO TRAINS DERAILED IN NORTH
BALTIMORE EARLY THIS
AFTERNOON...THREE PEOPLE WERE
INJURED AFTER DEBRIS CAME
CRASHING DOWN ON THEM...BOB
LOE HAD TO BE RESCUED OUT OF
HIS CAR.. TONIGHT HIS MOTHER
SAYS HE HAS SOME BROKEN BONES
BUT IS DOING FINE..MATT SWARTZ
IS BACK AT HOME AFTER BEING
CHECKED OUT AT THE HOSPITAL.
THE THIRD VICTIMS IDENTITY IS
NOT BEING RELEASED.OUR TAMI
TREMBLAY IS ON THE SCENE THERE
WITH WHAT HAPPENED... AND HOW
THINGS ARE GOING RIGHT NOW.
21:55:58/TAMI STAND-UP"As you
can see... crews are still
cleaning up the wreckage of
this afternoons horrific
accident."(SHOW THE RAILROAD
CROSS SIGN HERE)15:16/Brenda
"You were inside your house...
■tell me did you feel it? Yeah
you could feel it, you could
feel it! That's why I grabbed
my jacket and went out."AND
THIS IS WHAT BRENDA
WITTENMEYER SAW...RAIL CARS
TURNED OVER... AUTOMOBILES
SMASHED...10:26/CHIEF"What we
have is a derailment as you
can see down here it looks
like they some how got off the
off-spere."11:14/CHIEF"That's
the off-spere where they
unload cars to the grain
elevators. Some how the train
jumped over that and some how
we ended up with this."TWO
C-S-X TRAINS WERE INVOLVED...
ONE WAS GOING EAST AND THE
OTHER WEST.POLICE SAY TWO CARS
WERE WAITING TO CROSS THE
TRACKS... AND A VAN WAS JUST
PAST THEM... WHEN THE
DERAILMENT HAPPENED.ALL THREE
VEHICLES WERE HIT.6:03:16/CHIEF
"The first car was smashed by
debri coming off from the
cars."THAT DEBRIS... WAS STEEL.
POLICE SAY THE OTHER CARS WERE
HIT BY THE FORCE OF THE TRAIN
CARS...OR OTHER MATERIALS FROM
THE CRASH.THEY EVEN HAD TO USE
THE JAWS OF LIFE TO CUT ONE
PASSENGER OUT.15:16/BRENDA
"Very scary, very scary. You
wonder if anyone went ahead
and lived through this."BUT
POLICE SAY ALL THREE
PASSENGERS WHERE TAKEN TO THE
HOSPITAL ALIVE.AFTER LOOKING
AT THIS SCENE... POLICE AND
WITNESSES SAY THAT'S
ASTONISHING.NOW... AFTER SUCH
A BIG SHAKE-UP FOR THIS
COMMUNITY...IT'S A MATTER OF
GETTING THINGS BACK TO NORMAL
HERE IN NORTH BALTIMORE...
11:33/CHIEF"Clean it up, sort
it out, take all the
measurements, get all the
information, figure out just
what happened."21:56:35/TAMI
STAND-UP"CSX officials along
with state troopers, the
sheriff's office and the North
Baltimore Police Department
are still investigating what
happened out here tonight.
Now I'm told that it could
take up to two days to clean
up the scene and in the
meantime rail traffic will be
re-directed. On the scene in
North Baltimore... Tami
Tremblay Fox Toledo News First
at Ten."
WE KNOW NOW WHO
HEAR FROM A VICTIM OF TODAY'S
TRAIN WRECK IN NORTH BALTIMORE.
PLUS WATCHING THE WEATHER.
ACTION NEWS AT 11 IS NEXT!
two trains derail in north
baltimore. we're going to look
at the damage from 100 feet in
PLUS TOLEDO POLICE SAY THEY HAVE
A PERSON OF INTEREST ...
AFTER A MAN WAS GUNNED DOWN THIS
AFTERNOON ON THE STREETS OF
CENTRAL TOLEDO.
AND FEDERAL AGENTS ... TRACKING
YOUR EVERY MOVE. WHY ANYONE WHO
HAS FLOWN IN OR OUT OF THE U-S
... IS NOW ON A GOVERNMENT LIST
... AS A POTENTIAL TERRORIST.
my car was right in between the
car wrecks in front of us ...
And derailed trains behind
me.
A HUGE MESS. CARS CRUSHED. THE
CLEAN UP COULD TAKE DAYS.
TONIGHT THE LATEST FROM THE
TRAIN WRECK IN NORTH BALTIMORE.
GOOD EVENING. SOME SAY IT WAS
LIKE A SCENE RIGHT OUT OF A
MOVIE.
BUT THIS WAS A VERY REAL
DISASTER THAT COULD HAVE KILLED
SOMEBODY.
THE QUESTION TONIGHT ... HOW DID
A MASSIVE FREIGHT TRAIN MANAGE
TO FLY OFF THE C-S-X TRACKS IN
NORTH BALTIMORE... CRUSHING CARS
WAITING TO CROSS.
13 ABC'S TONY GEFTOS IS LIVE
TONIGHT IN NORTH BALTIMORE. HE
SPENT THE NIGHT TRYING TO FIND
ANSWERS TONY?
A JOLTING NOISE ... "the
building shook and it was just a
god-awful sound." FOLLOWED BY
A TERRIFYING SIGHT. "I seen
stones and all that stuff flying
and it landed up on the green
car." TWO TRAINS JUMPED THE
TRACKS IN NORTH BALTIMORE AROUND
NOON TODAY. HALF A DOZEN RAIL
CARS WERE PILED UP AT THIS
CROSSING ... WHILE THREE CARS
WERE STOPPED. "And when I
looked back, I just said "oh my
god." JOE COOK WAS CAUGHT IN
THE MIDDLE OF THE CHAOS. HE
WAS IN THAT THIRD CAR. "when you
see stuff come flying at you you
don't have a lot of time to
think. You just kind of move and
the truth was, I'm backing up
and the guy in front of me's
backing up and when I saw him
get out of the car I said "you
know that's a good idea." COOK
AND ANOTHER DRIVER, MATT SWARTZ,
WERE TREATED AND RELEASED FROM
LOCAL HOSPITALS. THE DRIVER UP
FRONT, BOB LOE, IS THE STREET
SUPERINTENDENT FOR THE VILLAGE.
HIS CAR WAS CRUSHED BY FLAT
STEEL AND LOE HAD TO BE CUT FREE
WITH THE JAWS OF LIFE. THE
QUESTION NOW IS: WHAT CAUSED THE
CRASH? "We're standing on top
of a grain elevator, 100 feet in
the air. From here you can get
a clear view of how this all
unfolded. The box cars on the
left side has de-railed and
smashed into the coal cars on
the right, tipping them into the
street." FROM THIS VANTAGE POINT
YOU CAN SEE HOW THE BOX CARS
VEERED ONTO A SIDE TRACK, USED
TO LOAD AND UNLOAD GRAIN FROM
THE ELEVATOR. "the train that
was going west came off on the
siding. Somehow it started going
down the siding instead of
staying on the main track." BUT
THOSE CARS WERE NOT AT THE FRONT
OF THE TRAIN. THE ENGINE
CONTINUED WEST WITHOUT THEM.
CSX INVESTIGATORS NOW HAVE TO
PHYSICALLY UNTANGLE THIS MESS
AND PINPOINT WHAT SET OFF THIS
MASSIVE PILEUP.
REPORTING LIVE IN NORTH
BALTIMORE ... TONY GEFTOS ... 13
ABC ACTION NEWS.
ACTION NEWS VIEWERS SENT US
ACTION NEWS VIEWERS SENT US
SEVERAL PICTURES OF THE
WRECKAGE IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING
THE CRASH. YOU SEE THE TRAIN
CARS LISTING ... AND THEN A CAR
CRUSHED BY THE WEIGHT OF THE
TRAIN. REMEMBER ... IF YOU SEE
BREAKING NEWS ... SHOOT IT AND
SEND IT TO PICTURES AT
ABC-DOT-COM.
AND STAY WITH 13ABC ACTION NEWS
FOR CONTINUING COVERAGE OF
TODAY'S TRAIN WRECK IN NORTH
BALTIMORE. YOU CAN ALSO GET THE
LATEST INFORMATION ON OUR
WEBSITE ... 13-ABC-DOT-COM.
NORTH BALTIMORE SCHOOLS WILL BE
ON A 2-HOUR DELAY TOMORROW
MORNING. C-S-X WANTS TO MAKE
SURE KIDS DON'T GET NEAR THE
SCENE OF THE ACCIDENT AND THE
DISTRICT HAS DECIDED TO OPEN
SCHOOL DURING THE DAYLIGHT....SO
ONCE AGAIN A TWO HOUR DELAY.
NOT A WEATHER RELATED CLOSING
BUT COULD WE SEE SOME TOMORROW?
THE NATION'S HEARTLAND THIS
SEASON HAS SHUT DOWN
AIRPORTS AND CREATED HAVOC
ON THE HIGHWAYS AND CITY
STREETS. AND IT'S ALREADYG A PRE
IN NORTHWEST OHIO AND
SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN. NBC 24
HAS TEAM COVERAGE.
THE SURVIVOR SPEAK
TRAPPED, SMACK DAB IN THE
THE SURVIVOR SPEAKS!
TRAPPED, SMACK DAB IN THE
MIDDLE
OF A MASSIVE TRAIN
DERAILMENT. SURROUNDED BY
MASSIVE RAIL CARS. TONIGHT
HE RECOUNTS HIS AMAZING
STORY, TO NBC 24.
NBC 24 AT FIVE BEGINS IN 30-
SECONDS!
SNOW.. AND HUNDREDS OF
FLIGHTS WERE CANCELED. MOST
OF THE TERMINALS WERE EMPTY.
TOLEDO EXPRESS FLIGHTS TO
CHICAGO ARE REPORTED TO BE
RUNNING ON TIME.
WE HAVE ALL A LINK TO ALL
THE AIRPORT DELAYS ON OUR
WEB SITE, NBC24.COM. YOU'LLSO FF
LOCAL CLOSINGS AND
CANCELLATIONS.... ROAD
CONDITIONS... AND A PLACE TO
EMAIL US YOUR WEATHER
PICTURES. THAT'S NBC24.COIM.
CLEAN-UP CONTINUES IN NORTH
BALTIMORE TONIGHT AFTER A
TRAIN DERAILED YESTERDAY.
MORE THAN A DOZEN RAIL CARS
WERE SCATTERED ACROSS THE
HEART OF THE VILLAGE.
BUT PEOPLE AREN'T TALKING
ABOUT THE CLEAN-UP, OR EVEN
THE CRASH.... IT'S THE SHEER
MIRACLE THAT NO ONE WAS
KILLED.
TAKING A LOOK AT THE■
CRASH---THE WAY THE TRAIN
CARS LANDED---IT IS AMAZING
THAT NO ONE WAS KILLED. AND
EVEN THOUGH THERE'S A HUGE
MESS TO CLEAN UP---A LOT OF
FOLKS IN THIS TINY VILLAGE
ARE COUNTING THEIR BLESSINGS
TONIGHT.
JOE COOK CONSIDERS HIMSELF■
THE LUCKIEST GUY IN THE
WORLD TONIGHT. HE WAS
WAITING AT THIS RAILROAD
CROSSING YESTERDAY WHEN THIS
TRAIN DERAILED---HITTIN G
ANOTHER TRAIN, THEN BOUNCING
BACK---THROWING TRAIN CARS
AROUND LIKE TOYS. COOK
SAYS---IT ALL SEEMED TO
HAPPEN IN SLOW MOTION---AND
WHEN THE TRAIN STARTED
DERAILING, HE WAS ABLE TO
BACK UP HIS CAR--THEN OPEN
THE DOOR AND MAKE A RUN FOR
IT. GOOD THING HE DID. THE
DERAILED TRAIN MISSED HIS
CAR BY JUST FEET.
COOK JUST MOVED HERE FROM
NEW JERSEY THREE WEEKS AGO
WITH HIS FAMILY--LOOKING FOR
A BETTER, AND SLOWER
LIFESTYLE. AND WHILE COOK
FEELS LIKE THE WORLD'S
LUCKIEST GUY---ARGUEBLY, THE
GUY WHO WAS IN THIS CAR IS
LUCKIER. HUGE METAL SHEETS
FLEW OFF THE TRAIN WHEN IT
DERAILED, LANDING ON TOP OF
THE CAR, CRUSHING IT LIKE A
TIN CAN. BUT THE DRIVER,
STREETS SUPERINTENDANT BOB
LOE, SUFFERED ONLY A FEW OF
BROKEN BONES.
LOE IS IN THE HOSPITAL
TONIGHT RECOVERING FROM HIS
INJURIES, BUT WE'RE TOLD,
OVERALL, HE'S DOING QUITE
WELL. OFFICIALS, MEANWHILE
SAY, IF THIS CRASH HAD
HAPPENED A FRACTION OF A
SECOND LATER---MANY PEOPLE
COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED.
WE'LL EXPLAIN COMING UP AT
SIX. REPORTING LIVE, AARON
BRILBECK, NBC-24 NEWS.
ON THE NBC24 STREET BEAT...
TOLEDO MAYOR CARTY
FINKBEINER IS OFFERING AFOR NBC.
AND CLEAN UP EFFORTS ARE
STILL UNDERWAY ONE DAY AFTER
TWO TRAINS COLLIDE. TODAY
ONE SURVIVOR RELIVES
THE NIGHTMARE. YOU'RE
WATCHING NBC 24 NEWS.
DOWN. NBC 24 HAS TEAM
COVERAGE.
REMOTE
ONE SURVIVOR RELIVES A TRAIN
COLLISION THAT SENT STEEL
SHEETS FLYING, SNAPPING
TELEPHONE POLES IN HALF AND
EVEN
SMASHING CARS.
THIS IS NBC24 NEWS AT 6...
GOOD EVENING.. I'M SHENIKWA
STRATFORD.
AND I'M JIM BLUE....
CLEAN-UP IS UNDCERWAY ONE
DAY AFTER A MASSIVE TRAIN
WRECK IN NORTH BALTIMORE.
BUT FOLKS THERE AREN'T
TALKING ABOUT THE DAMAGE.
THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT WHAT A
MIRACLE IT IS NO ONE WAS
KILLED. NBC-24'S AARON
BRILBECK HAS THE STORY.
JIM, GIVEN THE ENORMITY IF
THIS ACCIDENT, IT REALLY IS
A MIRACLE NO ONE WAS KILLED.
AND, OFFICIALS SAY---THERE
ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN TOWN
WHO MAY HAVE CHEATED DEATH
BY JUST A FRACTION OF A
SECOND.
JOE COOK SAYS---HE'S THE
LUCKIEST GUY ON EARTH. HE
WAS WAITING AT THIS RAILROAD
CROSSING WHEN THE TRAIN
BEGAN
FLYING OFF THE TRACKS.
RAZOR SHARP METAL---TONS OF
STEEL---WHOLE TRAIN CARS,
ALL BEING THROWN AT COOK AND
TWO OTHER CARS WAITING AT
THE
CROSSING.
WHEN COOK REALIZED WHAT WAS
HAPPENING---THAT
A TRAIN WAS DERAILING JUST
FEET FROM HIM--HE THREW THE
CAR INTO REVERSE---A SPLIT
SECOND BEFORE A MASSIVE
FLAT-BED CAR LANDED RIGHT
WHERE HE WAS STOPPED.
BUT ANOTHER CAR WAITING FOR
THE TRAIN TO CROSS WAS
CRUSHED LIKE A TIN CAN BY
HUGE, STEEL PLATES THAT FLEW
FROM THE TRAIN.
MIRACULOUSLY, THE
DRIVER--STREETS
SUPERINTENDANT BOB LOE,
SURVIVED.
REMARKABLY, LOE WAS
CONSCIOUS---EVEN TALKING
WITH RESCUERS. WE'RE TOLD HE
HAS A COUPLE OF BROKEN
BONES,
BUT OTHERWISE IS ALRIGHT.
THE CHIEF SAYS---EVERYONE IN
TOWN IS LUCKY....BECAUSE IF
THE TRAIN DERAILED A
FRACTION OF A SECOND LATER,
IT COULD HAVE CAREENED INTO
THIS BUSY RESTAURANT DURING
LUNCH HOUR.
EVEN THOUGH MORE THAN A
DOZEN TRAIN CARS WERE
DERAILED, CREWS HAVE BEEN
WORKING ON THE CLEAN-UP
ROUND THE CLOCK, AND HAVE
ALREADY RE-OPENED THE RAIL
LINES. THE MESS COULD BE
CLEANED UP AS EARLY AS
TOMORROW. THE CAUSE OF THE
CRASH STILL REMAINS UNDER
INVESTIGATION.
ON THE NBC 24 STREET BEAT. A
AND TREES TOPPLED, ACROSS
NORTHWEST OHIO AND SOUTHEAST
MICHIGAN.
SURVIVAL STORY. FLYING
STEEL PLATES AND DERAILED
TRAIN CARS LEAVE ONE
SURVIVOR TRAPPED IN THE
MIDDLE! TONIGHT HE RECOUNTS
HIS AMAZING STORY, TO NBC
24.
IF YOU SAY IT, WRITE IT, OR
TYPE IT -- USING COMPUTERS
AND CELLPHONES WHILE ON THE
JOB...EXPECT YOUR
EMPLOYER TO SAVE IT AND
STORE IT.
FRIDAY NIGHT FRENZY. TICH
AND THE GANG WILL HAVE
SCORES AND HIGHLIGHTS FROM
HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL GAMES
ACROSS THE AREA.
THIS IS NBC 24 NEWS AT 11.
I'M SHENIKWA STRATFORD.
AND I'M JIM BLUE...
NOW TO AN NBC 24 FOLLOW UP.
A NORTH BALTIMORE MAN WHOSE
CAR WAS JUST A FEW FEET FROM
THE RAILS WHEN TWO TRAINS
DERAILED YESTERDAY IS
COUNTING HIS BLESSINGS
TONIGHT.
JOE COOK SAYS, HE'S THE
LUCKIEST MAN ON THE PLANET.
COOK WAS WAITING AT THIS
RAILROAD CROSSING WHEN THE
TRAIN DERAILED --- SENDING
RAIL CARS TUMBLING THROUGH
THE HEART OF NORTH BALTIMORE
-- AND THROWING TONS OF
RAZOR SHARP STEEL CARGO ONTO
NEARBY PASSENGER CARS. A
MASSIVE FLATBED RAILCAR
MISSED COOK'S CAR BY JUST
FEET.
A MASSIVE SHEET OF METAL
LANDED ON ONE CAR, TRAPPING
A MAN INSIDE. AMAZINGLY,
THE DRIVER SURVIVED
WITH JUST A FEW BROKEN
BONES. THE POLICE CHIEF
SAYS IF THE ACCIDENT HAD
HAPPENED JUST ONE SECOND
LATER, THE DERAILED TRAIN
COULD HAVE CAREENED INTO A
BUSY RESTAURANT.