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The accident happened at Redondo Junction, California, just southwest of Boyle Heights near Washington Boulevard and the Los Angeles River; [1] it killed 30 people and injured 117 more. It was the first major disaster in the LA area covered on live television, [2] and the worst train wreck in the city's history. [3]
The 2005 Glendale train crash occurred on January 26, 2005, at 6:03 a.m. PST, when a Metrolink commuter train collided with a sport utility vehicle [2] that had been parked on the tracks by a suicidal man in an industrial area of Glendale, California, just east of the Los Angeles city limits, causing the deaths of 11 people and injuring 177 more.
1833 Hightstown rail accident, Hightstown, New Jersey; two killed plus 15 injured. Earliest recorded train accident involving the death of passengers. [1] [2] 1837 Suffolk head-on collision, Suffolk, Virginia; 3 killed plus dozens injured. Later in the year, a second accident resulted in ten injuries, with two of them ultimately dying. [3]
A 27-year-old man was stabbed multiple times while riding a Metro train in University Park and later died. Police are searching for the killer.
The 19-year-old was able to view the crash scene from a platform at the Expo/Vermont Metro station. “The bus definitely got crunched on its front end,” she said. “The train didn't look too ...
Collision with train Died, Injured 17, 18 A 17-year-old and an 18-year-old collided with a train; it is speculated that the two were painting a wall with graffiti, as spray paint cans were found lying next to the railway line. The 17 year-old was killed when the train collided with him, and the 18 year-old received serious injuries.
A man was arrested Monday in the death of a woman who was fatally stabbed on a Metro train, Los Angeles police said. The passenger, a woman in her 50s whose name has not been released, was found ...
On October 26, 1997, at 5:33 a.m., a 95-year-old, hearing-impaired man was hit and killed by a Riverside line train. [13] On January 30, 2003, at 5:33 am, a clinically depressed 37-year-old man was killed by a Metrolink train when it collided with his car after being parked on a City of Industry rail crossing. The death was reported to be a ...