Monday, September 15, 2008

Train engineer may have been texting at time of accident


LOS ANGELES — Federal investigators continued to comb the twisted wreckage of a commuter train in Los Angeles on Sunday, as fresh details emerged that a Metrolink dispatcher tried too late to warn the engineer he was about to collide with a freight train. Investigators also were checking reports that the engineer was text messaging before the crash. Kitty Higgins, a board member for the National Transportation Safety Board, said her agency is talking with two teens who told KCBS-TV that they received a text message from the engineer at 4:22 p.m. Friday, just moments before the deadly crash. More... Magazine Lane - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Nutty News Marketplace - Things Remembered