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Metrolink Spokeswoman Resigns
LOS ANGELES -- The woman who delivered a surprisingly swift announcement following the deadly train collision in Chatsworth, placing blame on the engineer driving a Metrolink commuter train, has resigned. Metrolink Spokeswoman Denise Tyrrell said she has...Tags: Management Change, Human Mishaps, Death, Disasters and Accidents, Transportation Accidents
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Hundreds Attend Funeral for LAPD Officer Killed in Metrolink Crash
LOS ANGELES -- Hundreds of mourners gathered this morning at the Cathedral of Our Lady of Angels for the funeral of a Los Angeles police officer killed in last week's catastrophic Metrolink crash in Chatsworth. Uniformed police officers and friends and...Tags: Death, Elections, Family, Transportation Accidents, Career and Workplace
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Metrolink Train Ran Red Light Before Rialto Collision
RIALTO -- A federal investigator says a Metrolink commuter train ran a red signal before sideswiping a freight train that was easing onto a side track in Rialto. National Transportation Safety Board officials say the eastbound passenger train failed to...Tags: Death, Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation, Injuries and Wounds, Transportation Accidents, Health
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Metrolink Conductor Told Boss About Engineer's Cell Phone
LOS ANGELES -- The only Metrolink crew member to survive the Chatsworth rail disaster told federal investigators he had previously complained to a supervisor about improper on-duty cellphone use by the engineer who crashed the commuter train. Conductor...Tags: Death, Lawyers, John Gilbert, Transportation Accidents, Health
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Survivor of 2005 Metrolink Crash Dies in Chatsworth Disaster
CHATSWORTH -- Three years ago, 48 year old Gregory Lintner walked away with only scrapes and bruises when a Metrolink train slammed into an SUV in Glendale, derailed and resulted in the deaths of eleven people. On Friday, Lintner was once again...Tags: Bus Accidents, Death, Vehicles, Transportation Accidents, Health
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Santa Train Derails
The Santa train, carrying 150 passengers Saturday afternoon, derailed due to weather related conditions just after 12p.m. The Ottawa County Sheriff's Department confirmed that no one was injured in the accident. It was the front engine of the Santa...Tags: Disasters and Accidents, Transportation Accidents
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First Lawsuit Filed in Metrolink Crash
LOS ANGELES -- The first legal claim has been filed in Friday's deadly Metrolink crash. The family of a 19-year-old woman killed in the train collision is accusing Metrolink of failing to employ available safety mechanisms to protect commuters. Aida...Tags: Death, California State University, Northridge, Vehicles, Trials, Family
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Metrolink May Watch Engineers with Cameras
LOS ANGELES -- A new proposal would have Metrolink engineers watched by real-time surveillance cameras, but the idea is drawing criticism. The proposal comes more than three months after a head-on collision between a Metrolink train and a freight...Tags: Death, Disasters and Accidents, Transportation Accidents, Science and Technology
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Lawsuit: Transit Firm Failed to Give Proper Breaks
CHATSWORTH -- The company that employed the engineer blamed for the deadly Metrolink train collision faces a class-action lawsuit by two of its workers for allegedly not giving employees proper rest breaks, overtime and other benefits. Veolia...Tags: Crimes, Death, Travel, Transportation, Trials
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Train Light was Green, Witnesses Insist
LOS ANGELES -- Three observers who say they were at the Chatsworth Metrolink station before last month's deadly train crash have asserted in interviews that a final, crucial railroad signal was green as the commuter line's engineer headed toward the...Tags: Chris Watson, Union Pacific Corporation, Death, Witnesses, Prosecution
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Two Railroad Co. to Install Crash Prevention Systems
LOS ANGELES -- Union Pacific and Burlington Northern Santa Fe freight railroad companies announced today they will install automated safety systems along shared tracks in the Los Angeles area by 2012. The announcement was made in response to the...Tags: Death, Transportation, Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation, Transportation Accidents, Career and Workplace
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