Numbers tell a different story
Re “Train crash’s roots run deep,” Dec. 12
All deaths and injuries are sincerely regrettable. Yet if The Times would differentiate the number of deaths and injuries attributed to outside factors, when trains in motion can do little to avoid incidents, the total number would be smaller by comparison.
The Glendale crash is a perfect example. If the accused hadn’t left his car on the tracks, that catastrophe wouldn’t have happened.
Overall, is Metrolink without fault? No. Can it do more to be safer? Surely. But you do it a disservice when you lump all the statistics into a single number.
Robert M. Finan
Los Angeles
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