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April 23 of 2002, – A BNSF Railway freight train collides head-on with a Metrolink train in Placentia, California, near the Atwood Junction, at the intersection of Orangethorpe Avenue and Van Buren Street. 2 people died in the crash and 22 were seriously injured. [1] [2]
PDT on April 23, 2002, when a BNSF Railway freight train and a Metrolink commuter train collided head-on at Control Point Atwood (CP Atwood) in Placentia, California, United States. This was the first fatal crash in the history of Metrolink, and was the second major rail incident in a week following the derailment of the Amtrak Auto Train in ...
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A man was killed and a mother and her three children were injured after two vehicles collided head-on Tuesday afternoon on Foresthill Road in Placer County, the California Highway Patrol reported.
April 23 – United States – 2002 Placentia train collision, In Placentia, California: A BNSF Railway freight train, which ran a stop signal, collided head-on with a Metrolink train near Atwood Junction, at the intersection of Orangethorpe Avenue and Van Buren Street. Two people died and 22 were seriously injured.
BY KTLA staff: MELISSA PAMER AND KAREEN WYNTER A 31-year-old female teacher was declared dead after students found her hanging inside a high school classroom in Placentia, authorities said Monday.
1963 Chualar bus crash, Chualar, California; 32 killed plus 25 injured. Remains the deadliest U.S. traffic accident to date and California's deadliest to involve a train; also one of a series of events that led to closer scrutiny of migrant labor conditions and fueled the emergence of the chicano and farmworkers labor movements [179] [180]