Investigators are trying to determine what motivated the driver of a SUV to ignore a downed crossing arm and flashing lights and pull the vehicle into the path of an oncoming RT train in Sacramento this weekend. Police said the train would have been travelling at about 45 to 55 miles per hour at the time of the collision.

Three died, including a 21-month old toddler, in the crash. Leon Williams Sr., 62, his grandson Damian Antiwon Williams and his daughter Shantel Hope Williams, 25, were all killed in Saturday’s collision. Leon Williams wife Demetric Deann Good Williams, 57, is in intensive care at a Sacramento hospital.

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Pink slip will go out today to Sacramento Regional Transit District employees. The layoff are just the first round of budget saving cuts that RT will make.

Alaine Masui with Regional Transit confirmed that several employees will be getting layoff notices some time Friday. Up to 300 RT employees will the cut by summertime, but it was unclear how many would be cut in this first round.

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Sacramento Regional Transit officials are adding a new route. Despite financial woes, RT breaks ground next week on step one of a long-standing plan to build light rail from downtown to Natomas and, eventually, the airport.

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