Metrolink / Union Pacific Head-on Train Collision
in Southern California
Friday, Sep 12, 2008, 04:30 P.M.
http://www.trainweb.com/derailments/2008i12a.html

• Sep 13 05:22 PM PT: Train Engineer Sent Text Before Crash (CBS Video)
• Sep 13 08:55 AM PT: At least 18 killed in L.A. train collision (CNN.com)
• Sep 13 08:50 AM PT: SoCal train wreck death toll rises to 17 (DailyRecord.com - AP)

Photos and stories of previous Metrolink derailments:
Metrolink Train Derailment in Southern California on Jan. 26, 2005
Metrolink / BNSF Collision In Placentia, California, on Apr. 23, 2002
Metrolink / BNSF Collision in Fullerton, California, on Nov. 18, 1999

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