Metrolink officials are claiming that their former train operator is not taking responsibility for the 2008 Los Angeles commuter train crash by refusing to contribute to the victim’s compensation fund. The crash killed 25 people and injured nearly 100. Veolia, the company that employed the engineer who was texting when the commuter train rain head-on into a freight train, maintains that Metrolink is contractually obligated to pay crash damages, according to reports. Metrolink’s insurance covers only $150 million of the (read more)
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30
Aug
2011
Metrolink: Train Operator Denying Responsibility
A Metrolink train struck and killed a pedestrian Thursday morning in Riverside between the downtown and La Sierra stations, report news sources. The accident, which was reported at 5:41 a.m., occurred along the 91 line when train 701 struck the man near Ivy Street and Monterey Road, roughly two miles west of the Metrolink station in downtown Riverside. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department believes the man was a transient. It is unclear why he was on the tracks at (read more)
Read MoreThe National Transportation Safety Board has issued a statement saying that Metrolink engineers are most likely to blame for an accident where a commuter train scraped the side of a freight train entering a siding east of Los Angeles on November 20, 2008. In the NTSB final report of the incident, they said that a locomotive engineer and assistant engineer failed to brake in time to stop the train at a red light. This allowed the train to cruise past (read more)
Read MoreA motorcyclist crashed into a motorist who made an allegedly illegal turn in front of him.
Read MorePedestrian died in Riverside after being hit by Metrolink train in the early morning. Metrolink train service shut down temporarily for accident investigation.
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03
Aug
2010
Pedestrian Killed in Metrolink Train Accident
Pedestrian hit by metrolink train in Riverside, California. Woman walking on railroad hit by 91 Line commuter train. Recent flurry of metrolink accidents.
Read More7 individuals sustained injuries when a light rail train collided with a commuter bus during rush hour this morning near downtown Los Angeles. The Los Angeles Times reported that the bus-train accident occurred around 7am near the intersection of Washington Blvd and Broadway. The Blue Line train, carrying 200 people was heading from Los Angeles to Long Beach when it collided with an LA Metro bus carrying 15 passengers. The Metro bus was wrecked by the accident while the train (read more)
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08
Jul
2010
Police Cruiser Hit by Metro Train
Metro Blue Line commuter train collides with police car. 11 train passengers injured, policeman rescued and hospitalized.
Read MoreMetrolink, a mass transit option that has a history of deadly accidents, has spent millions in safety advancements to protect their riders.
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