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Trial date to be set (Re: Breaking NEWS! AT least 3 killed in MetroLink Crash!) |
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Posted by Easy on Sat Jan 5 01:07:09 2008, in response to Breaking NEWS! AT least 3 killed in MetroLink Crash!, posted by R33 9139 on Wed Jan 26 10:16:16 2005. Justice doesn't seem too swift...KNBC LOS ANGELES -- A trial date is scheduled to be set Friday for the man accused of parking his vehicle at a rail crossing and causing a deadly train derailment. Juan Alvarez is accused in the January 2005 derailment in Glendale that killed 11 people. Authorities said Alvarez intentionally parked his Jeep Grand Cherokee in the path of the train and fled before impact. Investigators said he intended to attract the attention of his estranged wife. Two Metrolink trains -- going in opposite directions -- derailed, killing 11 people and injuring more than 180 others. The collision at the Glendale-Los Angeles city line was the deadliest U.S. train crash since 1999. Southbound train No. 100 from Ventura County left Moorpark at 5:07 the morning of Jan. 26. At 6:01 a.m., it struck the SUV left on the tracks. The impact caused train No. 100 to derail, hit a parked Union Pacific locomotive to the right, and, as it jackknifed, strike northbound Metrolink train No. 901, which had left Union Station in downtown Los Angeles at 5:48 a.m. |
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