刚太太平平地度过911,没想到912就出大事了,一个午觉醒来打开电视几乎所有电台都在播放同一个breaking news。哎……就在LA离我开车一个小时左右的距离
默哀一下,据最新消息确认死亡的人数已经达到了18个
转载自abc news:
10+ Killed in LA Commuter Train Wreck
Mayor: At least 10 killed, dozens injured in collision of commuter, freight trains in LA
By THOMAS WATKINS Associated Press Writer
LOS ANGELES September 12, 2008 (AP)
The Associated Press
The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department says two people have been killed in the collision of a Metrolink commuter train and a freight train, Friday, Sept. 12, 2008.
(ABC News)
A commuter train believed to have been carrying up to 350 people during the afternoon rush collided with a freight train Friday, killing at least 10 people, injuring dozens and trapping an unknown number of others in a mangled passenger car imploded by its own engine.
Firefighters extinguished a blaze under part of the wreckage and were working hours after the collision to free people from the destroyed commuter car, which was left toppled on its side with the train's engine shoved back inside it. Two other cars in the Metrolink train remained upright.
The Union Pacific freight train's engine was also turned onto its side, with the rest of the train splayed out like an accordion behind it.
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa said at the scene there were between 10 and 15 fatalities, and 50 to 60 people injured.