Showing posts with label Los Angeles. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Los Angeles. Show all posts

Saturday, September 13, 2008

Death toll in LA commuter rail crash reaches 24

When the death toll was at 23, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (VEE'-uh-ri-go-sa) said more bodies remained in the wreckage of the Metrolink train but that it was hard to determine how many.

Unfortunately, the death toll will probably climb...

At Least 15 Killed as Commuter and Freight Trains Collide in Los Angeles

Firefighters worked to rescue victims of a collision between a commuter train and a freight train in the Chatsworth area of the San Fernando Valley, northwest of downtown Los Angeles.

A freight train collided with a rush-hour commuter train in Los Angeles on Friday evening, killing at least 15 people and injuring scores of others, many of them critically. The crash was potentially the deadliest accident in the history of the Southern California commuter trains.

Friday, September 12, 2008

At least 6 Dead in Train Collision in Suburban Los Angeles

Rescue workers at the site of a collision between a commuter train and a passenger train in the Chatsworth area of the San Fernando Valley in southern California.

A freight train collided with a rush-hour commuter train in Los Angeles on Friday evening, killing at least six people and injuring 30 others, many of them critically. The crash was potentially one of the worst in recent history in Southern California.

Developing...