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| Death toll from U.S. train collision rises to at least 10 |
| 2008-09-14 |
| At least 10 people were killed and 70 others injured on Friday when a Metrolink commuter train slammed into a freight train near a Los Angeles suburb, authorities said. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #6 Muslim? His name was Sanchez, so, not f*cking likely, "conspiracy?". Drool much? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2008-09-14 09:38 |
| #5 One of my co-workers was hit by a car making a turn through a red light while texting. Fortunately it was only broken bones. More fortunately a bus driver and 30 passengers saw the whole thing. Astoundingly, the driver of the car pulled over, but finished texting before emerging from her car to see what had happened. This is enough to make me support cell phone bans while driving. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2008-09-14 08:11 |
| #4 There's a report that the engineer was texting friends while driving the train a minute before the crash. |
| Posted by: lotp 2008-09-14 07:57 |
| #3 The UP has a reputation for arrogance. A couple of years ago, they did not have enough trained train crews, so trains sat, and workers were stretched to the max. Some fell asleep at the controls. I had hoped it was the UP driver who ran past the red signal. Of course, I could also tell you a story about a new Amtrak engineer, so focused on maintaining speed, that she lost 'situational awareness' and ran past red signals, plowing into another train - but at less than 10 mph - no one killed. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2008-09-14 07:16 |
| #2 The MTA contract driver ran a red light. It was one day after 9/11. Did the driver commit murder suicide. Was this driver muslim? Or was it pure negligence? |
| Posted by: conspiracy? 2008-09-14 04:32 |
| #1 The 11 pm news said 25 dead. Ugh. |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2008-09-14 01:07 |