Outside Los Angeles in Watts, an unfortunate accident has taken the life of a woman who was struck by the Metro Blue line train. Yesterday afternoon, according to reports, the woman was walking along the tracks of the blue line when the accident took place near 115th street. The woman of her 50s died at [...]

Metrolink is investigating a new accident after a train hit a woman in Pacoima. According to reports, the woman was driving on San Fernando Rd when she was struck by the Metrolink train. Officials reported that the car was considerably mangled when they arrived at the scene. The woman, 89, is now reported dead following [...]

According to authorities, a 45-year-old Big Bear resident was struck and killed this morning by an oncoming train. Though details at press time are sketchy, authorities indicate that Johnny Rogers was hit near Anderson and Stewart Streets north of the Loma Linda Medical Center.  While on the scene of the collision, Mr. Rogers succumbed to [...]

When two trains collide, especially if they are traveling rather fast, the damage can be extensive. If a freight train crashes head-on with a passenger train at a fairly rapid speed, there are bound to be serious injuries and even deaths. Twisted metal and injured and dead passengers may be strewn over a large area [...]

Federal investigators and the National Transportation Safety Board have confirmed that Robert Sanchez, the engineer operating the Metrolink train which crashed last Friday, was sending text messages moments before the deadly collision which left 25 dead and another 135 injured.
Currently, there is no federal or state law which prevents the use of cell phones used [...]

In less that a week after the deadly Metrolink train crash in Chatsworth, the California Public Utilities Commission has proposed a policy in California that would prohibit railroad operators from the personal use of cell phones and other wireless devices.
Speculation has increased over the cause of the crash, and reports surrounding the use [...]

Denise Tyrell, the Metorlink spokeswoman who announced that an Engineer’s mistake caused the deadly Chatsworth train crash has resigned. Tyrell’s statement was considered premature by the Metrolink board. The National Safety Transportation Board announced on Sunday that it was indeed an engineer’s mistake which lead to the deadly train crash just north of [...]

Two days after the worst train accident in the history of Los Angeles, emergency crews and authorities completed their recovery. The death toll currently stands at 25, with over 40 people in critical condition being treated at local hospitals.
Speculation has surrounded the cause of the crash and the National Transportation Safety Board, who is [...]

Metrolink announced today that the cause of the deadly train crash in Chatsworth, California, just north of Los Angeles, was the failure of an engineer to stop the train at a red light. It is reported that the trains were travelling approximately 40 mph each when the head on collision occurred in Chatsworth Friday [...]

UPDATE: 9/13/2008 at 3:35pm
Death toll has been increased to 25
Deinse Tyrrell, spokeswoman for Metrolink says the probable cause for the Chatsworth Metrolink crash yesterday was a Metrolink Engineer’s error in failing to stop his train at a red light. Metrolink has been hiring its engineers from out outside company since 1998.
Metrolink has released [...]