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Metrolink Train Crash Engineer Text Message 22 Seconds Before Crash

Wednesday, October 1, 2008

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A Metrolink engineer sent a text message from his cellphone seconds before he slammed into an oncoming freight train in an accident that killed 25 people and injured 135 others last month, federal authorities said today. Engineer Robert M. Sanchez sent the message at 4:22 p.m., 22 seconds before he hit the Union Pacific freight [...]

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A Timeline of Metrolink Train 111 before the Crash

Tuesday, September 23, 2008

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In order to investigate the Metrolink 111 train crash, the follow is a summary of events that occurred leading up to the crash.  There were 25 people killed and over a hundred injured in the train crash. The first item listed begins at 2pm with Metrolink engineer, Robert Sanchez, on duty after only a 4 ½ [...]

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Candlelight Vigil for LA Train Accident Victims

Monday, September 22, 2008

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It was the worst train crash in fifteen years. 25 people died in theMetrolink 111 crash on September 12th. Most of them were sitting in the first car of the train. The crash occurred when the Metrolink engineer failed to brake which would have allowed the freight train who had the right of way, to pass [...]

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Metrolink Train Crash Inured Victims Stories

Monday, September 22, 2008

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Ten days have passed since the horrific Metrolink train crash claimed the lives of 25 people and injured 135 others, like Rachael Moyfa, a foreign-exchange student who remains hospitalized in critical but stable condition. The massive impact fractured Moyfa’s skull and damaged her brain, and she remains unconscious and heavily medicated at Los Angeles County-USC [...]

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Metrolink Train Accident Cell Phone Investigation

Monday, September 22, 2008

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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 regularly [...]

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Railway Laws Reviewed after Metrolink Train Crash

Friday, September 19, 2008

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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 [...]

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