Another freak'n LA train crash! WTF

[lonestarnot]

:wtf: 13 injured in early report.

[YOY]

1. Metrolink is not doing good

I wonder if their funding has changed as of the recent years...

[lonestarnot]

3. Are bushitlers in charge of that too?

[YOY]

7. Funding I am sure can be tied to Ahnold.

Underfunding of Passenger Rail is an American Tradition!

[ColbertWatcher]

13. Arnold is a fascist of the German/Austrian variety, not Italian. n/t

[slackmaster]

2. Another engineer texting while on duty?

:argh:

Got a link?

[bdamomma]

4. OMG

lack of funding for infrastructure????

[Gold Metal Flake]

5. Train and bus

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- A Metro Blue Line train has collided with an MTA bus on Washington Boulevard between San Pedro and Central near downtown Los Angeles.

According to the LAPD, seven people were injured in the accident. All injuries are believed to be minor.

http://www.abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/local/los_angeles&id=6401287

[slackmaster]

6. Why the didn't the train engineer yield to that bus?

Was he smoking crack, or just texting?

:sarcasm:

[madrchsod]

8. trains do not yeild to traffic unless it is sop for this area

trains can not stop as fast as a bus.

[slackmaster]

9. Yes, I am aware of that

Hence the :sarcasm: tag.

[lame54]

10. he must have received a text from the other engineer

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

11. 13 injured? Yeah, right.

Why is the media hiding the thousands of dead bodies strewn around the crash site?

[Supersedeas]

12. Meanwhile Wall Street gets a handout while Public Transportation deteriorates