LOS ANGELES COUNTY : Metrolink Studies Closing Some Private Rail Crossings
Metrolink officials Friday discussed the Nov. 25 train accident in Pacoima that claimed the life of a Los Angeles city truck driver, saying they had to meet in private because they had been warned the rail agency was in jeopardy of being sued.
After the 30-minute session, Bill Currier, Metrolink director of operations, said the Southern California Regional Rail Authority is continuing to evaluate the feasibility of closing or upgrading the safety systems of 13 private rail crossings like the one where the fatality occurred.
On Nov. 25, Los Angeles city employee Jaime Farias, 37, was killed when the city truck he was driving was hit by an early morning Metrolink train traveling at 76 m.p.h. through Pacoima. City officials subsequently agreed to close the crossing, which the city leased from Southern Pacific Railroad.
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