Truemors
This just in: Metrolink train number 111 collided with a freight train while traveling through a curve in the tracks near Chatswoth, California. Rescue operations are in progress. But because the front car derailed and is laying on it's side the extraction of the injured is a challenge. Triage has been set up and Medics are trying to help the injured.
All local channel programming has been preempted to cover the rescure operations.
A Metrolink train and a freight train collided in Chatsworth today, causing several cars to derail and starting a blaze. KTTV-TV Channel 11 was reporting two fatalities.
In the initial response, firefighters were making their way through a derailed passenger train looking for victims. TV footage showed firefighters pulling injured passengers and debris out of one overturned car. Fire crews said there were some injuries.
Los Angeles Fire Department Capt. Armando Hogan told KABC-TV Channel 7 that it was too early to tell whether there were any fatalities.
Hogan said more than 100 firefighters were taking part in the rescue and were trying to determine the number of victims.
The Los Angeles Police Department called a tactical alert in the San Fernando Valley as officials assessed the situation.
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at 18:19 on September 14th, 2008
This image is not PD, it is from LA Times