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One dead, 105 injured in California train crash
At least one person was killed and 105 people injured on Tuesday when a freight train crashed into a passenger train in southern California, police said.
At least one person was killed and 105 people injured on Tuesday when a freight train crashed into a passenger train in southern California, police said.
"An eastbound train and a west bound train apparently collided head on," a Los Angeles Police Department official said. "We believe there is at least one confirmed fatality and many have been injured," she added.
Gary Layman of Orange County Fire Department said there were more than 100 injured in the crash, 25 of them more seriously and 40 with minor wounds.
"We have 105 injuries as of this moment and that number could climb," he said. "No one is trapped but it is possible that one fatality is still on board."
Dennis Schell, an Orange County Fire Authority spokesman, said emergency rescue workers are gearing for the possibility of having to deal with 100 injured.
"It's devastating. We've got a lot of injured people," he said of the crash which took place during the rush hour just after 8:00 am (1600 GMT) around 50 km southeast of downtown Los Angeles.
At least 30 ambulances were rushed to the scene to help victims, an Orange County Fire Authority spokesman said, adding that an emergency triage area had been set up near the crash site.
Orange County Fire Authority Captain Stephen Miller said there were "multiple injuries" but that there were no immediate details on their conditions.
All hospitals in the area of the crash were put on alert, fire officials said. No fires appeared to have erupted to at the crash scene where at least two of the three cars of the passenger train had been derailed.
The three-car commuter train involved in the crash was the 801 Metrolink train travelling from the greater Los Angeles area of Riverside to the town of San Juan Capistrano, south of Los Angeles. Bureau Report
"An eastbound train and a west bound train apparently collided head on," a Los Angeles Police Department official said. "We believe there is at least one confirmed fatality and many have been injured," she added.
Gary Layman of Orange County Fire Department said there were more than 100 injured in the crash, 25 of them more seriously and 40 with minor wounds.
"We have 105 injuries as of this moment and that number could climb," he said. "No one is trapped but it is possible that one fatality is still on board."
Dennis Schell, an Orange County Fire Authority spokesman, said emergency rescue workers are gearing for the possibility of having to deal with 100 injured.
"It's devastating. We've got a lot of injured people," he said of the crash which took place during the rush hour just after 8:00 am (1600 GMT) around 50 km southeast of downtown Los Angeles.
At least 30 ambulances were rushed to the scene to help victims, an Orange County Fire Authority spokesman said, adding that an emergency triage area had been set up near the crash site.
Orange County Fire Authority Captain Stephen Miller said there were "multiple injuries" but that there were no immediate details on their conditions.
All hospitals in the area of the crash were put on alert, fire officials said. No fires appeared to have erupted to at the crash scene where at least two of the three cars of the passenger train had been derailed.
The three-car commuter train involved in the crash was the 801 Metrolink train travelling from the greater Los Angeles area of Riverside to the town of San Juan Capistrano, south of Los Angeles. Bureau Report