Collision Between Freight Train and Metro LINK Train Outside LA at 4:42 PM, Atleast 135 Injured, Many Critical, and 18 Dead, Updates&Video below

Collision between Both Trains on Same Track Friday Eve 4:42 PM West Coast Time:




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SO THE BIGGER QUESTION YOU HAVE TO ASK LOOKING AT THE GRAPHIC- WHY WAS THE FREIGHT TRAIN ON THE SINGLE RAIL- COMMUNTER PASSENGER RAIL AT RUSH HOUR ON A FRIDAY???ARE FREIGHT TRAINS EVEN ALLOWED ON COMMUTER RAILS?THERE IS NO WAY THE METRO COULD HAVE SEEN THE FRIEGHT TRAIN COMING OUT OF THE TUNNEL AS IT APPROACHED THE CURVE ?
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12Noon Sat. UPDATE:Do Click the Title: I have Linked Live Stream Video to KNBC to listen to updates, reports and passenger
reports.Video 655221 Has an amazing interview with a passenger,Jeremy Schneider about the Head On Collision. Still NO National Coverage of this Huge Collision, local LA Stations covering better.Crews worked through night attempting to rescue people, more details posted below
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Accident just occurred at 7:42 PM EST, there are injuries , more to come. ( National News covering the Storm, not this incident).
10PM Update:
7 dead, and 23 injured, and there is a fire and more injuries and bodies to be recovered.....If you want more updates.Please do go to LA TImes and they will update during the night.

11Pm Update ( 8PM West Coast Time)::
A fire erupts after a Metrolink train carrying 400 passengers collides with a Union Pacific freighter near Chatsworth.
• 10-15 dead and at least 70 injured ( many critical)
• As rescue workers survey the wreckage, officials expect the death toll to mount
• A Metrolink spokeswoman says it's unclear what caused the accident
• Families-only information hotline: 1-800-371-5465
CNN updates on Collision

MORE FROM Update 11:30PM AP Report
"Firefighters extinguished a blaze under part of the wreckage and were working hours after the collision to free people from the destroyed commuter car, which was left toppled on its side with the train's engine shoved back inside it. Two other cars in the Metrolink train remained upright.
The Union Pacific freight train's engine was also turned onto its side, with the rest of the train splayed out like an accordion behind it.
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa said at the scene there were between 10 and 15 fatalities, and 50 to 60 people injured.
"This is the worst accident I've ever seen," Villaraigosa said. "Clearly the injuries are going to mount and so are the fatalities."
Police Lt. John Romero said the death toll was 10 to 20.
The crash "made a terrible sound, like a bomb, a huge noise," said Julio Pedraza, 35, who lives and works at a nearby horse boarding facility. He said he saw passengers emerging from the wreckage, and he and others helped the injured, one with skin peeling off of his forehead."

3:30 AM FINALLY...ON MSNBC...
LA TIMES update 3AM LA Times Update and there is more Disaster New Service

Graphic Video...Very Concerning- there is no logical reason both trains should have been near each other or on SAME track?

Saturday early AM AP Video:

Saturday AM Update:
17 Dead, 135 Injured. Train was carrying 222, and four crew members. So it does appear that 80% of those on board were hurt of Killed. Fire , Search and Rescue worked throughout the night with Jaws of Life etc trying to save people and find those and rescue them out of the twisted wreckage. I have seen no reports of NTSB ( another agency that Bush Fema-nized)....There was NO reason that a freight train should have been on those tracks- and no records or reports indicating WHY a freight train would use a Commuter Line. See Latest article AM reports from the AP.

12:30PM Update: This San Diego article does list WHO will be investigating this tragedy. and search for WHY the Southern Pacific Union Freight Car would have been even using that track while Commuters were being transported on a Friday Afternoon.The Track is supposed to be "shared", but not at the SAME TIME of Day, More on the Trains being there at the same time, still no statement from the Freight Company. If the Train was carrying 220people, 135 injured, and 18 dead, that means that they are still searching for survivors and injured, as well as bodies, and that 65 are still missing ?

{{HISTORICAL INFORMATION: Please do look at this Attached Article about ANOTHER incident involving the Metro and FREIGHT- all the same Companies involved- from Jan. 2005. History has NOT improved safety sadly read about the other January 2005 Deadly Train Crash.}}

2Pm EST: New Updates from LA TIMES, 60 people still Missing....Death toll to rise, and yes, dead are exposed but trapped in wreckage ( which is one reason MSM has not covered appropriatedly- even though they could show from another angle and interview people) More From LA TIMES

3PM EST NOW supposedly the Metro Engineer is being blamed ( BUT Still NO explanation WHY Frieght train was on THAT track at Rush Hour and STILL NO Statement from the Freight Train Company ) read moreIt's Not right to blame dead people and still no statement from Southern Pacific Freight Trains

4PM EST:::: Death Toll has risen to 23, and search continues Read More from LA Times and AP So that means approximately 64 still missing. 222 were on board, 135 Injured, and 23 dead, still leaves 64 Unaccounted for ....4Pm press conference is being given, and Data Recorders and VIDEO recorders from BOTH companies have been recovered at the site, they said that Bodies are still being recovered from the site.Press Conference by NTSB.Governor on site.

Sunday AM Update:::
It appears that Metrolink has taken responsibility for the contracted engineer that may have not heeded the Signal, and less than a minute before the crash was Texting Friends, his "train fans" so they could watch him steer the train, which is approximately when he should have been responding to the signal- a STOP signal. NTSB is still investigating, 135 Injured, 40 Critical, 25 dead, and 63 were able to walk away and not be in hospital. A tragic Collision that can be traced to human error.
NTSB wants to thoroughly investigate further, before blame is placed.

Monday AM:
LA TIMES is reporting this am that the Engineer was blamed prematurely, this as stated by NTSB, and they are investigating Signal Failure as it appears that the last two signals were missed or not acknowledged between the trains engineer, conductor and Dispatcher, all tapes are being reviewed and the conductor needs to be interviewed as he is still injured. More to Come on this.....