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Re: Nasty LA Metrolink /truck wreck this morning |
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Posted by Broadway Lion on Tue Feb 24 22:03:01 2015, in response to Re: Nasty LA Metrolink /truck wreck this morning, posted by Broadway Lion on Tue Feb 24 21:41:20 2015. LION found more "FACTS" over on the TRAINS website:************************************************* As of 530pmPST According to news reports 50 people were on board the train. 38 people were transported to area hospitals. 4 were in critical condition, including the locomotive engineer who was described as being in the worst condition. The engineer is expected to survive. The driver of the truck was found by police 1.4 miles from the wreck site disoriented. One Jose Alejandro Sanchez Ramirez. Mr Ramirez is from Yuma, Arizona and is in possessed a valid Arizona drivers license. Also found in the truck is what was described as various welding equipment. The truck is owned by a welding company in Arizona. Was described as being properly registered and insured. This afternoon or this evening when Mr Ramirez was released from the hospital he was taken into custody. According to one released statement it appears Mr Ramirez made a right turn onto the railroad tracks. He was traveling south on S.Rice Ave and was attempting to turn right onto E 5th St and mistook the tracks for the street. The railroad tracks parallel E 5th St. Sunrise in Oxnard this morning was 632am PST. There are NO fatalities reported in this wreck. Two news outlets said early on there had been a fatality. Earlier reports of the locomotive fuel having been spilled appear to be incorrect as several outlets reported the fire department as stating the locomotive fuel tanks were intact. ***************************** ROAR |
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