A fatal accident causes delays on VTA in San Jose

SAN JOSE, Calif. (KGO) –

VTA officials say that overhead rails and cables were repaired at the scene of an accident between a train and a car at Lincoln Avenue near Avenue Auzerais in San Jose on Sunday.

The bus bridge was canceled and trains will be running at five miles to the hour in the area, so that there could be a delay in schedules.

Other repairs need to be done and there is no timetable for VTA says the speed of the regulated lane in the area is 55 miles per hour, but up to now investigators did not say how fast the train was going at the time of the collision.

The coroner's office says that they have not yet identified the two people killed in the accident.

The Hapa & # 39; s Brewery security video shows customers outside sipping their beer when suddenly a vehicle collides with a VTA train. The car, a golden Buick Regal, is mutilated, while the train escapes from its rails.

"The corner of the eye just happens to see this guy turn right when the train has arrived and hit him for half a second." The brain did not record what it was and then you heard the loudest sound you ever heard, "said witness Ryan Stern

The train driver and the 20 or so pbadengers aboard suffered no injuries The driver of the Buick and his pbadenger died on the scene, witnesses say that they may be living out of their car, they say it was full of possessions. at the car and the guy was barely breathing and people were telling him to stay with him, but it's pretty hard to survive a wreck like that, "said Stern

., and working, but the man behind the wheel still tried to get around them, the investigators say the Buick was heading south while the train Mountain View towards Winchester VTA was heading north.

The Medical Examiner's Office says they have not yet identified the two people killed in the crash

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Journalist of ABC7, Lilian Kim, contributed to this story