After the Metrolink train crash that killed 25 people, officials are reviewing and evaluating current railway safety laws. One regulation Michael Peevey, President of the California Public Utilities Commission, intends to bring into light is to the prohibition of train staff using their mobile phones when on dusty. But this ban is already there and yet [...]
Continue reading...17. September 2008
Anyone involved in such a horrendous accident like the Metrolink 111 train wreck from last week may need someone to talk to. 25 people were killed in the train wreck and 135 have been injured some of which are in critical condition. The scene has been described as gruesome and horrifying. Rescuers have been [...]
Continue reading...15. September 2008
A Los Angeles train accident left about 135 passengers injured, 40 of which are in critical condition and at least 25 have been killed. With the number of fatalities reported so far, this crash is one of the worse in the nation in 15 years. The Metrolink heading for Simi Valley last Friday was carrying 225 [...]
Continue reading...28. August 2008
Timothy Egnatofs, 15, along with some others, was in the bed of a 1997 Nissan Frontier truck. His neighbor, Frank L. Poston, 36, was the driver. It was Friday evening around 10 pm and Poston and some teens were coming from Bartlett Lake where they had spent the day camping and fishing. Poston was driving too [...]
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19. September 2008
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