BEG
BEGAN FLASHING AND THE CRASH.
QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT SHE WAS 
DOING ON THE TRACK. 
>> Reporter: A BELOVED MOTHER 
AND WIFE OF THREE GIRLS.
>> HER GIRLS ADORE HER.
HER HUSBAND AND HER VERY CLOSE.
IT'S A BEAUTIFUL FAMILY UNIT. 
>> Reporter: FRIENDS AND LOVED 
ONES GRAPPLING WITH HOW HER LIFE
WOULD HAVE BEEN CUT SO SHORT.
>> IT'S TRAGIC ACCIDENT.
IT WAS NOT HER.
SHE WAS NOT CARELESS PERSON.
>> Reporter: JUST 49 YEARS OLD 
SHE WAS DRIVING THE SUV THAT WAS
STRUCK ON THE TRACK.
SHE'S AMONG THE SIX PEOPLE WHO 
PERISHED.
>> A FIRE AT THE FRONT OF THE 
TRAIN.
ONE POSSIBLY TRAPPED IN THE 
TRAIN. 
>> Reporter: RICK WADS IN THE 
CAR BEHIND BRODY AND RECOUNTED 
THE FATAL MOMENT.
>> AS WE'RE WAITING TO CROSS THE
TRACKS THE GATE COMES DOWN AND 
HITS THE TOP OF HER HER.
WAITING FOR HER TO BACK UP BUT 
SHE GETS OUT OF CAR.
SHE GETS OUT AND WALKS AROUND 
THE BACK AND LOOKS AT THE ARM 
THAT'S ON THE BACK OF THE CAR.
SHE LOOKS AT ME.
I GESTURED HER TO COME BACK.
I BACK UP AGAIN FURTHER TO EVEN 
INDICATE THERE'S PLENTY OF ROOM 
TO BACK UP AND SHE TURNS, WALKS 
AND GETS BACK IN THE CAR, AND 
MOVES FORWARD AND AT THAT 
INSIGNIFICANT THE TRAIN CAME 
PRP. 
>> Reporter: EYEWITNESSS SAY A 
SEPARATE ACCIDENT BACKED UP 
TRAFFIC AND MANY DRIVERS TOOK AN
ALTERNATE ROUTE TO AVOID IT.
THEY ARE TRYING THE RECOVER DATA
FROM THE MEMORY MODULES IN THE 
SUV.
>> WE FOUND THE CROSSING ARM AND
THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL.
THEY BOTH OPERATED AS DESIGNED.
THERE WERE NO PROBLEMS FOUND.
>> Reporter: BRODY WORKED 
ALONGSIDE VIRGINIA AT THIS 
JEWELRY STORE FOR TEN YEARS.
>> SHE HAD A MILLION DOLLAR 
SMILE.
SHE, TO ME, WAS A SAINT BECAUSE 
SHE'S ONE OF THE MOST SELFLESS 
PERSON I'VE EVER KNOWN.
>> Reporter: SHE WAS DRIVING 
HOME FROM WORK WHEN SHE WAS 
KILLED.
>> ONE WORD, SHE JUST HAD A 
BEAUTIFUL SOUL.
SHE LOOKED FOR THE GOOD IN 
OTHERS. 
>> Reporter: HER HUSBAND POSTING
THIS MESSAGE ON FACEBOOK THANKS 
ALL WHO SHARED THEIR 
CONDOLENCES. 
>> Reporter: JUST TONIGHT WE 
HAVE LEARNED FROM INVESTIGATORS 
THAT THE TRAIN WAS TRAVELING 
WITHIN THE LEGAL SPEED LIMIT 
WHEN THIS HORRIFIC ACCIDENT 
HAPPENED.
ALSO THIS WEEK NEW YORK GOVERNOR
SAYING IT DOES NOT APPEAR THAT 
ELLEN WAS TRYING TO BEAT THE 
TRAIN BUT RATHER LIKELY
