by Frozen
Metrolink involved in serious crash
Sheriff's Deputy Byron Ward confirmed two deaths in the Friday afternoon wreck.
The crash was reported around 4:23 p.m. near Heather Lee Lane, south of the Ronald Reagan (118) Freeway and east of Topanga Canyon Boulevard, according to d'Lisa Davies of the city Fire Department.
Fire crews on the scene report that there are 10 critically injured people inside that derailed Metrolink train, and three require extrication. Crews said at least 23 people have been injured.
"There could have been as many as 350 people on that train," said Denise Tyrell, a Metrolink spokeswoman.
One passenger car is on its side and on fire. Several people are trapped in the car, and firefighters are working to free the passengers.
Witness Stacy Sullivan told KNBC that the Metrolink train appeared to crash into the rear of the freight train.
"I think the freight train was either stopped or going very slow," Sullivan said.
The Metrolink train was identified as No. 111.
At least seven freight cars derailed.
An air ambulance was called to the scene. A triage area was established near the crash site.
On Jan. 26, 2005, 11 people died and dozens of people were injured when a Metrolink train slammed into a Jeep Cherokee that had been parked on the train tracks in Atwater Village. The train derailed, struck another train traveling in the opposite direction and hit a freight train.
That derailment was the deadliest U.S. train crash since 1999.
On Aug. 20, the man who parked the Jeep on the tracks -- 29-year-old Juan Manuel Alvarez -- was sentenced to 11 consecutive life prison terms.
http://www.knbc.com/news/17462062/detail.html
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Anyone care to tell me which engine is that in the wreck? I m hoping its not the new MP ones.
Sheriff's Deputy Byron Ward confirmed two deaths in the Friday afternoon wreck.
The crash was reported around 4:23 p.m. near Heather Lee Lane, south of the Ronald Reagan (118) Freeway and east of Topanga Canyon Boulevard, according to d'Lisa Davies of the city Fire Department.
Fire crews on the scene report that there are 10 critically injured people inside that derailed Metrolink train, and three require extrication. Crews said at least 23 people have been injured.
"There could have been as many as 350 people on that train," said Denise Tyrell, a Metrolink spokeswoman.
One passenger car is on its side and on fire. Several people are trapped in the car, and firefighters are working to free the passengers.
Witness Stacy Sullivan told KNBC that the Metrolink train appeared to crash into the rear of the freight train.
"I think the freight train was either stopped or going very slow," Sullivan said.
The Metrolink train was identified as No. 111.
At least seven freight cars derailed.
An air ambulance was called to the scene. A triage area was established near the crash site.
On Jan. 26, 2005, 11 people died and dozens of people were injured when a Metrolink train slammed into a Jeep Cherokee that had been parked on the train tracks in Atwater Village. The train derailed, struck another train traveling in the opposite direction and hit a freight train.
That derailment was the deadliest U.S. train crash since 1999.
On Aug. 20, the man who parked the Jeep on the tracks -- 29-year-old Juan Manuel Alvarez -- was sentenced to 11 consecutive life prison terms.
http://www.knbc.com/news/17462062/detail.html
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Anyone care to tell me which engine is that in the wreck? I m hoping its not the new MP ones.