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underseasurveyor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-08 08:37 PM Original message |
Huge Train Wreck in Chatsworth, CA |
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TornadoTN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-08 08:39 PM Response to Original message |
1. Horrible - what a horrible day |
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ddeclue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-08 08:40 PM Response to Original message |
2. Holy Crap!! A hurricane in Houston, tornadoes in Kansas and a train wreck in California! |
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underseasurveyor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-08 08:44 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. I haven't heard any mention on what the freight train was carrying |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-08 08:50 PM Response to Reply #2 |
13. Did we, perhaps, annoy something? |
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RetroLounge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-08 08:41 PM Response to Original message |
3. It's a mess. |
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npk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-08 08:42 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. This sounds like national news |
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RetroLounge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-08 08:48 PM Response to Reply #5 |
12. It's on CNN & The Chicago Trib |
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npk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-08 08:55 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. Yeah I found it on CNN |
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Whoa_Nelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-08 08:42 PM Response to Original message |
4. o dear... |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-08 08:54 PM Response to Reply #4 |
16. Is there a "train intersection" there or does it just look like that? |
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underseasurveyor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-08 08:57 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. No the trains were on the same track |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-08 08:59 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. UH OH. Sounds like someone wasn't doing their job at the switching |
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liberalmuse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-08 08:43 PM Response to Original message |
6. WTF? |
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Oeditpus Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-08 08:46 PM Response to Original message |
8. Man, wasn't there a huge train wreck just north of there |
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KitchenWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-08 08:48 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Was that the one that a guy parked his car on the tracks and walked away? |
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Oeditpus Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-08 08:51 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. I don't remember the details |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-08 09:07 PM Response to Reply #14 |
21. No, the big wreck with 11 dead because of the suicidal asshole |
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underseasurveyor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-08 08:53 PM Response to Reply #8 |
15. They did report that there was another Metrolink related death today |
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npk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-08 08:47 PM Response to Original message |
9. Here is a link to the story for anyone interested. |
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goodgd_yall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-08 09:55 PM Response to Reply #9 |
30. Thanks. n/t |
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underseasurveyor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-08 08:48 PM Response to Original message |
11. Here's a link to the local Abc station |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-08 09:06 PM Response to Original message |
20. I am watching it live on KTLA. |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-08 09:09 PM Response to Original message |
22. News just reported the entire city is on tactical alert because of this. |
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KitchenWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-08 09:14 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. But we are now in George Bush's America |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-08 09:26 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Now they are saying just the San Fernando Valley bureau of LAPD is on |
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TornadoTN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-08 09:52 PM Response to Reply #24 |
29. Tactical alert? That's interesting - also that car was hit very, very hard |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-08 09:58 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. The wreck was on a blind curve as the tracks head up into the hills between |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-08 09:58 PM Response to Reply #29 |
33. The wreck was on a blind curve as the tracks head up into the hills between |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-08 09:37 PM Response to Original message |
25. Mayor Villaraigosa reporting that 10-15 dead, 60-70 injured. |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-08 09:39 PM Response to Original message |
26. 4 or 5 patients transported to UCLA; 9 or so to Northridge; several to Holy Cross. |
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KitchenWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-08 09:41 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. Oh gods, this is awful. |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-08 09:48 PM Response to Original message |
28. Fire department now reporting death toll may be as high as 20. |
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RollWithIt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-08 09:55 PM Response to Original message |
31. I don't understand how that can happen.... |
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TornadoTN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-08 10:08 PM Response to Original message |
34. One of the photos looks like the freight car ended up splitting the passenger car |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-12-08 10:18 PM Response to Original message |
35. It's horrible. I live a few miles away. Fire trucks/ambulances/helicopters everywhere. |
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