Saturday, September 13, 2008

commuter train wreck

I was just looking for the news this morning and saw this unfortunate news that Los Angeles is facing.

Quoted from MSN.com
"LOS ANGELES - Emergency crews found more victims early Saturday, boosting the death toll to 17, as they delicately picked apart the mangled wreckage of a commuter train that collided head-on with a freight train on the same track. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa said Saturday that the number of injured remains at 135, with 81 people in hospitals.

Head-on collision
Metrolink spokeswoman Denise Tyrrell said the Metrolink train left Union Station in downtown Los Angeles and was headed northwest to Moorpark in Ventura County. The trains collided at about 4:30 p.m. in the Chatsworth area of the San Fernando Valley. "

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