Updated, 1:05 p.m., May 13
The NTSB has found preliminary data that shows the Amtrak was traveling at least 100mph when it reached a 50mph speed limit curve. Seven have been confirmed dead, including Associated Press video software architect Jim Gaines.
“Gaines joined the AP in 1998 and was a key factor in nearly all of the news agency’s video initiatives, including a service providing live video to hundreds of clients worldwide,” the AP reported.
Previously
Evening news anchors David Muir, Lester Holt and Scott Pelley will anchor Wednesday night news broadcasts from the scene of a deadly Amtrak train crash in Philadelphia.
Muir, anchor of ABC’s “World News Tonight,” headed to Philadelphia overnight to report from the scene of the crash, which killed six people and injured at least 140 on Tuesday.
There’s no known cause for the crash yet as investigators look at how fast the train was going and other factors that might have come into play.
Muir’s competitors — Holt of “NBC Nightly News” and Pelley of “CBS Evening News” — will host their network’s coverage of the devastating accident from the scene, as well.
For “Today,” Matt Lauer anchored from the scene Wednesday morning. And Cable news was close to wall-to-wall Wednesday as CNN’s “New Day” anchor Chris Cuomo reported from the scene.