Reply #9: Commuter train derails in Glendale; killing nine and injuring hundreds [View All]

[davidinalameda]

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/a/2005/01/26/state1137EST0046.DTL

A Metrolink commuter train struck a vehicle at a crossing, derailed and sideswiped another commuter train early Wednesday, killing nine people and injuring hundreds as passengers were sent tumbling down the aisles, authorities said.

Firefighters picked through twisted wreckage scattered across the tracks and carried wounded passengers from the trains to a triage center set up in a nearby parking lot.

"At this time we believe we have nine fatalities," Los Angeles Fire Chief William Bamattre told a news conference. More than 100 were transported to hospitals, he said.