Sep 18th, 2008 · Federal investigators say a Metrolink commuter train engineer was sending text messages when he ran a stop signal and slammed into an oncoming freight train. It has prompted California to pass a temporary ban on train operators from using their cell phones while on the job.
Sep 15th, 2008 · Metrolink's spokeswoman has resigned after coming under fire from her superiors for revealing that the engineer failed to stop at the red light in last Friday deadly crash. A smaller number of commuters than usual returned to the Los Angeles' commuter rail line Monday.
Sep 14th, 2008 · Authorities say a commuter train's engineer missed a signal light and his MetroLink train crashed head-on with a freight train in the San Fernando Valley community of Chatsworth. But a union representing rail workers raised the possibility that the signal malfunctioned.