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Near Chatsworth a Metrolink train vs. another train. Live on ABC 7.
Metrolink Vs. another train
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I'm watching this right now on TV. Looks like there are a lot of injuries, some critical but unknown on any fatalities so far. It looks like it happened very close to some homes.
I'm also listening to fire, ambulance, sheriff, search and rescue, helicopter responses and news helicopters on my scanners. A lot of agencies are responding to assist.
I'm also listening to fire, ambulance, sheriff, search and rescue, helicopter responses and news helicopters on my scanners. A lot of agencies are responding to assist.
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Reported 350 on both trains. 2 DOA. At least 50 Injured. Approx 5 Medevacs enroute. Comms on pretty much all LAFD Channels. Was a high speed collision.
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Thanks for the update and the feed Landon. Man, what a mess. I feel sorry for all of those people. Seems like a lot of passengers are trapped in this one car, reported to be about 100 and the TV reported 3 fatalities. This is absolute chaos, the rescue people are probably going to be there all night. I also noticed that there are about 5 medevac choppers, could be more.
By the way, what frequency is that you are streaming Landon?
1747: Just heard that there's going to be an emergency briefing on TV at 6 PM.
By the way, what frequency is that you are streaming Landon?
1747: Just heard that there's going to be an emergency briefing on TV at 6 PM.
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Sounds like it's Command 11.
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landon - you said there were 350 on both trains... Sounds like 350 on one, 3-4 on the other? Not 700 total.
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La Feed Is Back Up.. Had Some Tech Difficulties.
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County is flying in there cadaver dogs and SAR dogs
I read that as saying there was a total of 350pts. If he said 350 on each train, well hat would be wrong but his post looks good to me.
12 DOA So Far i am hearing, also can anyone confirm a LAPD Officer was one of the victims.
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Yes - 7 year veteran female officer:
http://www.latimes.com/
http://www.latimes.com/
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OFFICIAL INFORMATION PER LAFD:
0730 Hrs. 9/13/08-LAFD in Rescue/Recovery mode throughout day. Confirmed 17 fatalities, 135 total patients, 45 critical, 40 serious, 50 minor inj. 40 patients flown by helicopter. All 12 trauma centers used in LACO.
0730 Hrs. 9/13/08-LAFD in Rescue/Recovery mode throughout day. Confirmed 17 fatalities, 135 total patients, 45 critical, 40 serious, 50 minor inj. 40 patients flown by helicopter. All 12 trauma centers used in LACO.
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Engineer Caused Train Crash Per Officials
LOS ANGELES (Sept. 13) - A commuter train engineer who ran a stop signal was blamed Saturday for the nation's deadliest rail disaster in 15 years, a wreck that killed at least 23 people with more bodies still to be pulled from the smoldering, twisted metal.
A preliminary investigation found that "it was a Metrolink engineer that failed to stop at a red signal and that was the probable cause" of Friday's collision with a freight train in Los Angeles' San Fernando Valley, Metrolink spokeswoman Denise Tyrrell said. She said she believes the engineer, whose name was not released, is dead.
"When two trains are in the same place at the same time somebody's made a terrible mistake," said Tyrrell, who was shaking and near tears as she spoke with reporters.
Authorities soon after announced the official death toll had risen to 23. More bodies remained in the wreckage of a Metrolink passenger car but it was difficult to determine how many, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa told a press conference.
"It's like peeling an onion," he said of efforts to get through the wreckage.
A total of 135 people were injured, with 81 transported to hospitals in serious or critical condition. There was no overall condition update available Saturday, but a telephone survey of five hospitals found nine of 34 patients still critical. Many were described as having crush injuries.
Deputy Fire Chief Mario Rueda said the chance that anyone was still alive in the wreckage was "very remote." The last survivor was pulled out Friday evening, said fire Capt. Armando Hogan.
"Words can't explain or in any way console those who have lost loved ones, those who at this moment still don't know what the condition or status of their loved ones is," Villaraigosa said at a news conference. "I can only tell you that these firefighters and police officers have worked feverishly through the night."
Metrolink announced its determination of the accident's probable cause before investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board, leaders of the probe, made any public statements about the crash.
Credit: AOL.
LOS ANGELES (Sept. 13) - A commuter train engineer who ran a stop signal was blamed Saturday for the nation's deadliest rail disaster in 15 years, a wreck that killed at least 23 people with more bodies still to be pulled from the smoldering, twisted metal.
A preliminary investigation found that "it was a Metrolink engineer that failed to stop at a red signal and that was the probable cause" of Friday's collision with a freight train in Los Angeles' San Fernando Valley, Metrolink spokeswoman Denise Tyrrell said. She said she believes the engineer, whose name was not released, is dead.
"When two trains are in the same place at the same time somebody's made a terrible mistake," said Tyrrell, who was shaking and near tears as she spoke with reporters.
Authorities soon after announced the official death toll had risen to 23. More bodies remained in the wreckage of a Metrolink passenger car but it was difficult to determine how many, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa told a press conference.
"It's like peeling an onion," he said of efforts to get through the wreckage.
A total of 135 people were injured, with 81 transported to hospitals in serious or critical condition. There was no overall condition update available Saturday, but a telephone survey of five hospitals found nine of 34 patients still critical. Many were described as having crush injuries.
Deputy Fire Chief Mario Rueda said the chance that anyone was still alive in the wreckage was "very remote." The last survivor was pulled out Friday evening, said fire Capt. Armando Hogan.
"Words can't explain or in any way console those who have lost loved ones, those who at this moment still don't know what the condition or status of their loved ones is," Villaraigosa said at a news conference. "I can only tell you that these firefighters and police officers have worked feverishly through the night."
Metrolink announced its determination of the accident's probable cause before investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board, leaders of the probe, made any public statements about the crash.
Credit: AOL.
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I will still wait for the NTSB report thank you! As for those texters....part of their story doesnt hold water either.
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