No. The signals at CP Topanga had malfunctioned several times the week of the accident. Texting made everthing look bad but was not the true cuase of the accident. In the weeks after the accident Metrolink replaced some of the control points on the Ventura Line as a result.
well this happened because they had an issue with the signal for the Stop signal because they had the right to go because 1. they were already late on schedule
2. There was a problem with the stop signal
3. They are looking into making that a two track train route
they really need to look at all the things that go wrong in one crash like that and they don't do that they don't take it into consideration so they really need to start doing that.
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I cant belive you people dont see this as gay breakup suicide. He got a message from his lover telling him they were breaking up, got depressed then just full throttled it. The "texting the kids" shit is just that, a bunch of shit.
Yeah but i can tell you this, this is not just hapen accident, it's purpose accidend it's our government's job, and they pretend they just hapen cuz of brake fails or radio or somthing else. They just make excuse, thats all. Remember accidents don't hapen just like that, some body try to kill some one on other train, don't care about 1000's of other. Same thing hapen on 9/11 in New York. thats government job, and they blame other peoples.
It was certainly the worst crash this area has experienced - and all because the engineer was text messaging to his young friends and missed the stop signal.
My cousin Jake works for that train line and they will be looking into putting a double train line to not have to switch tracks like that anymore. They don't put into mind that there are peoples life at risk with that line there. Their job is to get people to where they need to go and they just spent millions on those LEDS crossing lights and gate arms. They are looking into funding money for that second rail line they will be adding 64 MORE gate light getting added on
Ok. Ill keep you posted. Youtube "Metrolink conductor's Tragic Past". Then Youtube "Metrolink and Freight Train Collision", at 3:10 you see a picture of the locomotive at full throttle.
sorry but you gotta know even if any kind of train stop device was in play, by the time the device would have gotten the train stopped it would have been past the sig and switch anyway. they still would have hit. not as fast? doubt it.
crack ? no, facts yes. sorry but its the truth just because its labeled a "safety device" doesnt mean it would have prevented this. have you run this teritory? it wouldnt have made very much diffirence at all in this situation sorry. and ya i understand what do you expect its big biz all they see is the allmighty dollar.
a derail protected signal, much like the ones near kaiser would have prevented this accident. it would have derailed the metrolink train before it passed the signal and ran through the switch and into the UP trains authority.
my friends dad was in that he broke 10 ribs fractured his skull and brok his arm and knee!!!! he flew out of the window me and his daughter r crying and i am praying for the best please help us!!! :((
I've ridden that train...really, public transportation in Southern Ca either is too little, too far between or when they get more going, it has problems. This was a horrible accident. Text messaging! Geeeeez
I agree- move the lawyers out of the discussion- this is not a forum to chase folks in the hopes of making a quick dollar. I hope the video uploader bans lawyers for bottom feeding on this horrible accident.
Yeah right!!! You are so full of your own shit you are beginning to believe it!!! You are nothing more than an AMBULANCE CHASING BOTTOM FEEDER!!! FREAK!!!
Seem like a nice enough guy, perhaps spend five years doing pro bono work in compton or stockon? Those people need your help as an officer of the court.
Good point. So how bout the kids that were texting the engineer- you think they will get thier asses sued into the ground as a part of this whole mess?
No, but I am curious to know if the homosexual train operator had AIDS like his dead boyfriend, and if he was a member of MANBLA, and/or if we was having sex with those young and impressionable boys. It would explain a lot.
Indeed it would.. hopefully the EMS boys were gloved up when they tried to find dirty sanchez. I guess having full blown aids at 15 is worse than watching mom and dad move out of the house due to a lack of an umbrella policy.
I don't know about all that, but the train conductor clearly lived a high risk lifestyle and that would explain potential suicidal and reckless tendencies.
You'll recall that he had previously killed a pedestrian without so much as breaking, but the politically correct Metrolink kept him working.
A good point. Yeah obviously the parents must not have paid much attention to what the little shits were up to. All BS aside I feel bad for the people just trying to get home. Seeing those idiot kids getting on camera all excited about the fact that they knew the engineer's name before the press figured it out was pretty sickening.
Yes it was a lot of sensationalism. I feel bad for the train operators parents. If your son lived a high risk lifestyle that went against your religious, Catholic faith, for example, it would really hurt a lot.
My guess is they wrote him off when his AIDs infected lover killed himself. That and can you imagine how upset his mother must have been when she saw his text msg bill the first month he hooked up with the boy railfans? (Assuming he was abnormally close to his mother of course)
When are you going to come out of your own closet? AS A AMBULANCE CHASING BOTTOM FEEDING LAWYER? The signs are all there... It's OK you can come out, we knew a long time ago...
Ok, now you have my attention. How does MetroLink keeping the conductor working after a fatal accident make them POLITICALLY CORRECT? You are not making any sense or maybe you are trying to figure an angle to collect. ChaChing!
Thing is, I put my video up almost a year before this latest Chatsworth Metrolink accident. I have been an advocate for rail safety long before this latest crash.
Yes, I do earn a living by helping people, but my efforts online have always been educational, not "bottom feeding".
No, you don't earn your living helping people. The ones earning a living helping people are the men and women you see in this video from LACFD and other responding agencies. Hats off to them, they did an amazing job.
I respectfully disagree with your position that lawyers don't help people injured in the Metrolink accident. At least some do. I represent victims of that accident.
But I do agree that hats off to LACFD, and that is coming from a former Marine who put his life on line before becoming a lawyer.
You are so full of CRAP! You're a bottom feeding Douche bag. Being a former Marine doesn't make you any less a Douche bag today. Maybe you can go defend all those other Douche Bags on Wall Street. You can sue the federal government for not Bailing out all those rich CEO's and Washington Insiders. LOL I love it!
Thats what they are paid to do, no different than my postman. Lawyers, on the other hand, truly help those who need it. Go watch TV in the day room and wait for another illegal burn, hero.
How do your parents feel about your lifestyle? Sucking a dollar off the families of a Train Crash? Feeding off the flesh of dead. It just aint Christian Like!
Gotta blame somebody. Right away, huh! Speculation. Sure we may have some knowledge but there could be underlying details that the NTSB investigation will prove with facts. Let them complete their findings while we mourn, then learn from the mistakes. Start by constructing passenger cars that won't telescope in unlikely event of a crash.
Who is blaiming anyone? Just because the homosexual engineer was texting teen boys 60 seconds before he took a header with an Uncle Pete freight does not mean he had anything to do with it.
Whether or not the engineer was texting or tired, I'm wondering what the conductor was doing. Is he supposed to pay attention to the signals too and contact the engineer if he misses one, if not why not?? Two pairs of eyes are better than one. Supposedly a safety system is too costly but surely as a starting point they could put transmitters on all signals and an alarm in the cab as well as an automatic brake applicator if the alarm is ignored.
he was troubled. gay. he had just killed his gay lover. he was too experienced to make a mistake like that. suicide and he did not want to go alone.welcome to reality
WHo cares? A bunch of dead liberals. Fuck em. less votes for Obama. they deserved it! Maybe their messiah Obama can raise them from the dead!!! HAHA!!
i feel very sorry for those who are close to the victims.. its really sad, i couldnt imagine losing a clos friend, or family! shame on those boys, if thats the cause.
I lost a good friend in this accident. I just found out 12 hours ago that he was involved. I was wondering why he wasn't returning my phone calls. Now I know why...
see thats one thing i hate from the laws people vote on in sacramento,but yet their employees don't follow them.i know metro is just a contractor for the state but don't you think the laws should apply to everyone..
Sad all around, my heart goes out to the families. No, texting someone is not against the law, and No I dont think the teens should be in any trouble, However, they knew the trains schedule, they knew he would be driving it and at what time. He was their "mentor", their fault or not, they will undoubtly blame themselves for a long time, hope they get some therapy.
i agree.. its completely wrong of them to be texting him while driving a train, lok what happend! he missed one signal and he killed over 25 people, and his buddy he was texting. its horrible, and im very sorry the all the families of the victims.
On the green light you go, on the red light you stop, cause no engineer would ever run a red light and remember, michelle obama knows how to keep it real
yes she did. she was sssoooo lucky. she was in the last cart. she broke 3 ribs and messed up her liber. she's in the hospitle. but she's commen out in a day. =) thank you for ur concirne. srry i sux at spelling.
Why? The teens didn't "force" the engineer to text them back, if that's what he did. He didn't have to do that at all. Besides, we now know the engineer ran the red light, and his train forced open a closed switch. Certainly the teens have nothing to do with that.
I cant see them getting charged with murder. Being listed on the hundreds of civil suits from the victims? You bet. Hope mom and dad were not too attached to the house.
so the next time you text someone, and it just so happens that person is driving a car, and they crash (using an example other than a train), and kill someone, it was your fault, because you should have known they were driving a car and should not have text messaged them? PLEASE! Texting someone is not against the law, and CreoteCW is right... the engineer had the choice not to answer. The teens did notihng wrong, if in fact that is the real story.
Oh nobody said they did anything wrong. But there is little doubt that the texting would be a distraction for the engineer. Who knows if his looking down to read one of the teen's messages caused him to miss a signal, resulting in the death of 25 people. Good point though- no need to blame the boys!
Wow...I am so sorry for those who were on that MetroLink train on the day of the tragedy :-( I hope their families are compensated for this irreversible damage.
Is this guy a REAL TRAIN ENGINEER? Does operating a commuter train qualify?
Here in DFW our "public transportation" is nothing more than a "social" job program. Going to their facility is like walking into the U.N. building. Always 8-10 sub-group Americans speaking all their different languages.
Of course if you go to WAL-MART you can see SIGNS posted entirely in SPanish.
the "authorities" are looking into the engineer's and several TEEN's phone records - what was this guy doing texting teenagers.
This country has fallen so far in the last 15 years, God help us cause or leaders & politicians have become so narcissistic. If you go to the grocery store they want you to fill out a form just to buy groceries.
Authorities want EVERYTHING ON RECORD, but cant even prevent stupid accidents like this.
I guess it is true, dictators love unarmed peasants.
What a crying shame ... leaving all the politics aside and blame-laying ... it's just an awful horror that these lives were lost and that so many will forever have to live with the trauma and pain.
You know it is sad that some Frigging train enthusiasts would go on live television, to have a moment in the sun, and admit to texting an engineer while on duty. They the enthusiasts should be held as culpable in the deaths of all those innocent people. Maybe it would keep the foamers off the track.
god forbid the dispatcher do his or her job and have the switches properly lined. never should have happened.prob didnt answer the radio in time while they were out smoking a cigarette or at the soda machine.
While the news is ALLEGING Mr Sanchez Was text messaging, lets remember this investigation is still in the preliminary stages. Also it is very easy to blame a dead man and not a company that has been wrought with problems.
This is tragic. America's rail system is in the toilet. What happened here is comparable to allowing airliners to take off in opposite directions on the same runway. Tenerife?
I hear the driver was sending messages on his cellphone and missed a red signal? With only one engineer on the Metrolink trains this was bound to happen. because a slight lack of concentration can have devastating consiquences!
Sanchez another product of affirmative action.And why so many teen boy toys? Not properly trained in common sense. A mentor? Wow does he have them fooled. He should of stuck to his own age bracket.
Metrolink is the railroad that was built by idiots. Did they bother making it safe beforehand, or were they just cheap so they could avoid accusations of "pork" by McCain types? McCain types are the cause of many a future rail accident.
thats the last f***ing time I'm riding on Metrolink. I'm going greyhound or driving to L.A. URGH!! Like others here, I was watching 9/11 on the history channel and on the phone with my sister crying about the tragedy in NY 7 years ago. My sister says.. hey, you know eastcoast got 9/11, the south got Hurricane Katrina and now I think Los Angeles is next. Now OMG!!! this happens. GREAT! Everytime I took the train and was scared shitless of a crash and now this... no more metrolink!! :(
None of those events have anything to do with each other. Bad things happen. This is a dumb reason to avoid Metrolink. There have only been a few crashes on the Metrolink but automobile accidents happen everyday. I assume you won't be riding in any cars either right?
gee Jimmy - call the families of the DEAD passengers and let them know how you feel. I am sure they will be real impressed my you. JIMMY -IF COMPUTER RECORDS SHOW THE ENGINEER WAS SENDING TEXT MESSAGES TO TEEN-AGE BOYS - what do YOU think was going on ???? I guess you can TEXT while being responsible for hundreds of lives - WOULD you like the doctor operating on your mom to be sending text messages to teen-age girls during her operation - WAKE UP JIMMY - IT IS CALLED RESPONSIBILITY.
Yes, 25 people are dead, 45 are in critical condition, and another 45 are seriously injured.
See what happens when an idiot is "TEXT MESSAGING" while operating a vehicle (train or car, it doesn't matter). Yes, the engineer of the passenger train was TEXT MESSAGING back and forth to a geeky teen train enthusiast at the time of the collision and was distracted from seeing the stop light indicating for him to pull the train over onto a diverting track to wait for the freight train to pass by.
It is to soon to make wild accusations as to the cause of the collision.Someone on that train had to have seen the signal light,as this will either vindicate the dead engineer's name or will prove he is the cause.I'm not willing to assume the signal light was red because central dispatch's computers indicated it was.Just remember the engineer was the first person to die in the crash.Your brain is to weak to imagine the g-forces the engineers body must have encountered upon impact.Jackass.
Well, Mr. Smarty-Pants, I happened to speak from experience and have rode the #111 from Union Station to Montecito for work many times, and in the tunnel are two tracks, the thorough route and a diverted stopping track where the passenger train stops to allow the frieght train the yield, and we sat their in the tunnel stopped and waiting until the freighter cleared by us before the engineer of the passenger train would proceed. So you really don't know anything about trains after all.
well MR SANCHEZ - things are different in america than mexico huh ???? - well that little habit of yours TEXTING teenage boys has been cured huh - too bad you had to KILL a lot of innocent people in the process - growing up I yearned to go to california because it was so cool, now i view californai as a fool - THIS COUNTRY HAS GOT TO WAKE-UP BEFORE ALL IS LOST.
As a locomotive engineer myself, I always pay attention to whats in front of me. If we are stopped in a siding, yeh the phone is ok. But if we are moving it's all eyes ahead. A signal is a crucial item it is your life line, go, go slow, stop, etc.... Someone was not paying attention in this accident obviously. We have a saying on the railroad, "LEAVE IT AT THE DOOR" meaning if you troubles outside of work, clear your mind and concentrate on safely completing the job.
...in Europe,i write from europe,one has installed signals,communicating the train automatically.this´d been important for the fast trains in poor weather conditions.but it surely can used in any kind of train traffic,in such great cities as L.A. this would use something i guess.
there were in england allready two major train incidents due confusion of the signals.you know,the trains signals are not set always in the same place.One is down by the track,one is above the track,and in a documentary saying the machinists that´in the daylight some of the signals are very hard to differ which color is on.the english incidents were simulated,most of the people havent notice that,the signal was red.
Just heard the "Disturbing" news. The engineer, Rob Sanchez was "texting" while conducting the engine! Last text message went to a teenage boy ONE MINUTE before COLLISION!!! As reported by CBS.
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sideslide23 5 months ago
@CPELVIRA ya just like millions are texting while driving out on the road with our loved ones.
salbug65 1 year ago
very good song
munzOBAMAFOREAL114 1 year ago
maybe if the driver was not texting all this shit would of never happen!
JakeEmerica 2 years ago
No. The signals at CP Topanga had malfunctioned several times the week of the accident. Texting made everthing look bad but was not the true cuase of the accident. In the weeks after the accident Metrolink replaced some of the control points on the Ventura Line as a result.
BNSF7508 2 years ago
well this happened because they had an issue with the signal for the Stop signal because they had the right to go because 1. they were already late on schedule
2. There was a problem with the stop signal
3. They are looking into making that a two track train route
they really need to look at all the things that go wrong in one crash like that and they don't do that they don't take it into consideration so they really need to start doing that.
mreil23 2 years ago
Oh my Goshhh that's so sad I just wentt on that train a few days back),:
buddybaby906 2 years ago
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who gives a shit about the conductor,,, fucker stole my uncle
wootness5 2 years ago
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you are a fucking retarded idiot, and you need to be checked out by a professional unless it's already too late, which is quite possible!!!
2scrappy4u 2 years ago
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I cant belive you people dont see this as gay breakup suicide. He got a message from his lover telling him they were breaking up, got depressed then just full throttled it. The "texting the kids" shit is just that, a bunch of shit.
analyzingfunny 2 years ago
Yeah but i can tell you this, this is not just hapen accident, it's purpose accidend it's our government's job, and they pretend they just hapen cuz of brake fails or radio or somthing else. They just make excuse, thats all. Remember accidents don't hapen just like that, some body try to kill some one on other train, don't care about 1000's of other. Same thing hapen on 9/11 in New York. thats government job, and they blame other peoples.
princessfbi 2 years ago 3
Great video, sad story indeed.
medavog 3 years ago 7
It was certainly the worst crash this area has experienced - and all because the engineer was text messaging to his young friends and missed the stop signal.
PismoBeach 3 years ago
Why dont you put a cd together FatWagar , and call it desperate Video's for a beached whale it would sell I mean there's plenty of you out there.
fvckinnoob 3 years ago
Dont talk to her that way. She is a fine woman
injurylawyers 3 years ago
that's not nice... u big meanie!!
kenpo9599 3 years ago
LOL~~~yeah MEANIE!!
FatWagar 3 years ago
i get teeth remarks on here all the time... it gets old after awhile...hehe but whatever right?
kenpo9599 3 years ago
My cousin Jake works for that train line and they will be looking into putting a double train line to not have to switch tracks like that anymore. They don't put into mind that there are peoples life at risk with that line there. Their job is to get people to where they need to go and they just spent millions on those LEDS crossing lights and gate arms. They are looking into funding money for that second rail line they will be adding 64 MORE gate light getting added on
please reply, MichaelR.
mreil23 2 years ago
@mreil23 They can't do that because there are tunnels there. It would cost too much money to drill through there to double track it.
UP5853 1 year ago
Ok. Ill keep you posted. Youtube "Metrolink conductor's Tragic Past". Then Youtube "Metrolink and Freight Train Collision", at 3:10 you see a picture of the locomotive at full throttle.
analyzingfunny 3 years ago
-.- where i saw a metroling driving a curve i was shocken the curves are so strong no wonder that this train derail
predatortheme 3 years ago
This must end. There is a way to stop it with electronics and derailers. It is bullshit. The railroads are too cheap to do it.
analyzingfunny 3 years ago
sorry but you gotta know even if any kind of train stop device was in play, by the time the device would have gotten the train stopped it would have been past the sig and switch anyway. they still would have hit. not as fast? doubt it.
salbug65 3 years ago
Sorry, but you have to be on crack! It can be done, but the railroads dont value human life.
analyzingfunny 3 years ago
crack ? no, facts yes. sorry but its the truth just because its labeled a "safety device" doesnt mean it would have prevented this. have you run this teritory? it wouldnt have made very much diffirence at all in this situation sorry. and ya i understand what do you expect its big biz all they see is the allmighty dollar.
salbug65 3 years ago
a derail protected signal, much like the ones near kaiser would have prevented this accident. it would have derailed the metrolink train before it passed the signal and ran through the switch and into the UP trains authority.
notpersonA 2 years ago
Thats terrible
APReserruction 3 years ago
my friends dad was in that he broke 10 ribs fractured his skull and brok his arm and knee!!!! he flew out of the window me and his daughter r crying and i am praying for the best please help us!!! :((
CoolBreezeProduction 3 years ago 3
I think the only thing that compares is waking up on November 5th and finding out Obama is our president.. simply a nightmare.
175MPH 3 years ago
lol
FULLERTONwarbonnet 3 years ago
that is SO funny... oh wait. no it's not. it's morbid.
rainonmyface 3 years ago
Amen!
FatWagar 3 years ago
lol. I was under the impression that Americans already knew communism did't work. Guess they needed 4 years of Obama to remind them?
injurylawyers 3 years ago
I've ridden that train...really, public transportation in Southern Ca either is too little, too far between or when they get more going, it has problems. This was a horrible accident. Text messaging! Geeeeez
VictoriaWinters 3 years ago 3
Hear hear
injurylawyers 3 years ago
InjuryLawyers SHhhhhhh... Adults are talking.
matt90026 3 years ago
Thank you for your kind words.
injurylawyers 3 years ago
InjuryLawyers is an Ambulance chaser. Freak!!!!!
matt90026 3 years ago
Understood. I just feel bad for the families that they have to see these low lifes trashing you and your good works.
injurylawyers 3 years ago
Point well taken!
FatWagar 3 years ago
I think it is a great video and I would ban most of these immature commenters as spammers.
injurylawyers 3 years ago
I considered it, but I thought I would let the world see how ignorant they are!!
FatWagar 3 years ago
I agree- move the lawyers out of the discussion- this is not a forum to chase folks in the hopes of making a quick dollar. I hope the video uploader bans lawyers for bottom feeding on this horrible accident.
175MPH 3 years ago
Well. I am a lawyer, and I am sad about what happened and would gladly find other sources of business.
But everyone hates us till they need us and I am there to help in any way I can, both as a citizen and as an officer of the Court.
injurylawyers 3 years ago
Yeah right!!! You are so full of your own shit you are beginning to believe it!!! You are nothing more than an AMBULANCE CHASING BOTTOM FEEDER!!! FREAK!!!
matt90026 3 years ago
Actually this guy has a sense of humor.. much more easy to have fun with than the other lawyers who put up videos after the accident.
175MPH 3 years ago 2
Seem like a nice enough guy, perhaps spend five years doing pro bono work in compton or stockon? Those people need your help as an officer of the court.
175MPH 3 years ago
Sure, but who will support my wife and kids? Will you help?
injurylawyers 3 years ago
Good point. So how bout the kids that were texting the engineer- you think they will get thier asses sued into the ground as a part of this whole mess?
175MPH 3 years ago
No, but I am curious to know if the homosexual train operator had AIDS like his dead boyfriend, and if he was a member of MANBLA, and/or if we was having sex with those young and impressionable boys. It would explain a lot.
injurylawyers 3 years ago
Indeed it would.. hopefully the EMS boys were gloved up when they tried to find dirty sanchez. I guess having full blown aids at 15 is worse than watching mom and dad move out of the house due to a lack of an umbrella policy.
175MPH 3 years ago 2
I don't know about all that, but the train conductor clearly lived a high risk lifestyle and that would explain potential suicidal and reckless tendencies.
You'll recall that he had previously killed a pedestrian without so much as breaking, but the politically correct Metrolink kept him working.
injurylawyers 3 years ago
And he loved grayhounds. I hate those dogs.
175MPH 3 years ago 2
Not their fault. God made them dogs and the friendly neighborhood gay guy bread them as Greyhounds.
If I found out he was texting my son, he would not have died in a crash.
injurylawyers 3 years ago
A good point. Yeah obviously the parents must not have paid much attention to what the little shits were up to. All BS aside I feel bad for the people just trying to get home. Seeing those idiot kids getting on camera all excited about the fact that they knew the engineer's name before the press figured it out was pretty sickening.
175MPH 3 years ago 2
Yes it was a lot of sensationalism. I feel bad for the train operators parents. If your son lived a high risk lifestyle that went against your religious, Catholic faith, for example, it would really hurt a lot.
injurylawyers 3 years ago
My guess is they wrote him off when his AIDs infected lover killed himself. That and can you imagine how upset his mother must have been when she saw his text msg bill the first month he hooked up with the boy railfans? (Assuming he was abnormally close to his mother of course)
175MPH 3 years ago 2
When are you going to come out of your own closet? AS A AMBULANCE CHASING BOTTOM FEEDING LAWYER? The signs are all there... It's OK you can come out, we knew a long time ago...
matt90026 3 years ago
Bottom Feeder!
matt90026 3 years ago
Ok, now you have my attention. How does MetroLink keeping the conductor working after a fatal accident make them POLITICALLY CORRECT? You are not making any sense or maybe you are trying to figure an angle to collect. ChaChing!
matt90026 3 years ago
You might want to rethink this approach... I thought lawyers went to college.
matt90026 3 years ago
You seem pretty upset that the dude wants to take some cash from the company that let this asshole txt boys while operating the train. Why so upset?
175MPH 3 years ago 3
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Watching this tragedy play out and the Lawyers are right there trying to make a buck off it. Makes me sic.
matt90026 3 years ago
And to listen to his crap that he "CARES" really makes me want to puke!
matt90026 3 years ago
Thing is, I put my video up almost a year before this latest Chatsworth Metrolink accident. I have been an advocate for rail safety long before this latest crash.
Yes, I do earn a living by helping people, but my efforts online have always been educational, not "bottom feeding".
injurylawyers 3 years ago
You're saying this, "BLAH BLAH BLAH" and I want to hear this, "..."
matt90026 3 years ago
@matt90026
"..."
injurylawyers 3 years ago
No, you don't earn your living helping people. The ones earning a living helping people are the men and women you see in this video from LACFD and other responding agencies. Hats off to them, they did an amazing job.
firefighteremt2506 3 years ago 2
I respectfully disagree with your position that lawyers don't help people injured in the Metrolink accident. At least some do. I represent victims of that accident.
But I do agree that hats off to LACFD, and that is coming from a former Marine who put his life on line before becoming a lawyer.
injurylawyers 3 years ago 2
You are so full of CRAP! You're a bottom feeding Douche bag. Being a former Marine doesn't make you any less a Douche bag today. Maybe you can go defend all those other Douche Bags on Wall Street. You can sue the federal government for not Bailing out all those rich CEO's and Washington Insiders. LOL I love it!
matt90026 3 years ago
I sincerely hope and pray that you are never injured and in need of an experienced attorney to fight for you as I was.
FatWagar 3 years ago
Thats what they are paid to do, no different than my postman. Lawyers, on the other hand, truly help those who need it. Go watch TV in the day room and wait for another illegal burn, hero.
175MPH 3 years ago
Is that a little Freudian slip "WE"?
matt90026 3 years ago
How do your parents feel about your lifestyle? Sucking a dollar off the families of a Train Crash? Feeding off the flesh of dead. It just aint Christian Like!
matt90026 3 years ago
Gotta blame somebody. Right away, huh! Speculation. Sure we may have some knowledge but there could be underlying details that the NTSB investigation will prove with facts. Let them complete their findings while we mourn, then learn from the mistakes. Start by constructing passenger cars that won't telescope in unlikely event of a crash.
olchev 3 years ago 4
Who is blaiming anyone? Just because the homosexual engineer was texting teen boys 60 seconds before he took a header with an Uncle Pete freight does not mean he had anything to do with it.
175MPH 3 years ago 8
lol.
injurylawyers 3 years ago
fuck that... let them die
IdidURmom2 3 years ago
what the hell is wrong with you?
FatWagar 3 years ago
Whether or not the engineer was texting or tired, I'm wondering what the conductor was doing. Is he supposed to pay attention to the signals too and contact the engineer if he misses one, if not why not?? Two pairs of eyes are better than one. Supposedly a safety system is too costly but surely as a starting point they could put transmitters on all signals and an alarm in the cab as well as an automatic brake applicator if the alarm is ignored.
britladd 3 years ago 4
he did it on purpose
x3rdxReichxSELLERx 3 years ago
why you say that?
FatWagar 3 years ago
he was troubled. gay. he had just killed his gay lover. he was too experienced to make a mistake like that. suicide and he did not want to go alone.welcome to reality
x3rdxReichxSELLERx 3 years ago
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hahahahaha
IDOANYVIDS 3 years ago
Wow. As a train enthusiat that represent yourself as, I sure am glad you did not lose someone
FatWagar 3 years ago
i live in ireland not u.s.a so i never evan herd of this train
IDOANYVIDS 3 years ago
WHo cares? A bunch of dead liberals. Fuck em. less votes for Obama. they deserved it! Maybe their messiah Obama can raise them from the dead!!! HAHA!!
welfareslobs 3 years ago
what happened in your life?
FatWagar 3 years ago
Why don't you stop being an oxygen thief and enlist.
Be a real American. Do your part to enrich Dick Cheney.
RandallFlaggNY 3 years ago
its fake !
420PUSSYKING 3 years ago
wish that was true
HerculesRockefellerr 3 years ago
i feel very sorry for those who are close to the victims.. its really sad, i couldnt imagine losing a clos friend, or family! shame on those boys, if thats the cause.
GymMich 3 years ago
So, so sad... unbelievable that this could even happen. Great tribute.
averagebetty 3 years ago
I lost a good friend in this accident. I just found out 12 hours ago that he was involved. I was wondering why he wasn't returning my phone calls. Now I know why...
Zipshysa 3 years ago
i fell so so sorry for what happend!!!!!
23soccerman 3 years ago
i knew so many people that died or got hurt on this
scimadoro 3 years ago
I am so sorry for your loss
FatWagar 3 years ago
what happened!?!?!?!
FlyBikes089 3 years ago
weird it happened after 9/11
apr1694 3 years ago
As you may or may not recall, terrorists have been planning to hack into our railway and aircraft control systems to cause accidents.
That is what they are not saying.
Blaming someone who is dead to hide the truth is what our government does best.
I do not think the engineer caused the accident. I think both lights were green.
squizzoo 3 years ago
Neat theory. I think the light was red and an engineer was too busy texting 2 boys to notice.
175MPH 3 years ago 2
my friend was on the train, she didnt make it
SIMIHIGH2008 3 years ago
I am so very sorry for your loss
FatWagar 3 years ago
ya she was on her way home from visiting her dad in Glendale
SIMIHIGH2008 3 years ago
im very sorry.. i couldnt imagine losing a friend. :(
GymMich 3 years ago
see thats one thing i hate from the laws people vote on in sacramento,but yet their employees don't follow them.i know metro is just a contractor for the state but don't you think the laws should apply to everyone..
0210cesar 3 years ago
Sad all around, my heart goes out to the families. No, texting someone is not against the law, and No I dont think the teens should be in any trouble, However, they knew the trains schedule, they knew he would be driving it and at what time. He was their "mentor", their fault or not, they will undoubtly blame themselves for a long time, hope they get some therapy.
BootzyBelt 3 years ago
RIP Kari Hsieh
Hart High School Class of 2009
chadwickallen 3 years ago 2
This is so sad
FatWagar 3 years ago
now 25 are dead
dudeugotponed 3 years ago
RIP MR GRACE LOVE YOUU
- RMS
1S1U3R3 3 years ago
It's just not easy to get born in the US and have an American citizenship. Please treasure your life!
kingpeople 3 years ago
R.I.P. Maria E. Villalobos.
kronikels1 3 years ago
Is your counselor ok?
FatWagar 3 years ago
no he past away 5 min after he arived at the hospital with his family it so sad
vicken818911811 3 years ago
my counceler mr grace was in it godame you fucking train driver for texting
vicken818911811 3 years ago
Is your counselor ok?
FatWagar 3 years ago
25 dead, 135 injured!!
TheRealAmber3000 3 years ago
blame the teeagers.. texting killed so many..shame on those two
420PUSSYKING 3 years ago
i agree.. its completely wrong of them to be texting him while driving a train, lok what happend! he missed one signal and he killed over 25 people, and his buddy he was texting. its horrible, and im very sorry the all the families of the victims.
GymMich 3 years ago
On the green light you go, on the red light you stop, cause no engineer would ever run a red light and remember, michelle obama knows how to keep it real
funyhowe 3 years ago
very very very sad incident!:| R.I.P. & Strength to L.A.
GContelli 3 years ago
135 injured, 25 died. my older cuz was in it.
jennie13arl 3 years ago
Did ur cousin make it?
arthurkirakosyan7 3 years ago
yes she did. she was sssoooo lucky. she was in the last cart. she broke 3 ribs and messed up her liber. she's in the hospitle. but she's commen out in a day. =) thank you for ur concirne. srry i sux at spelling.
jennie13arl 3 years ago
ohh thats good...well thats bad that she broke 3 ribs and messed up her liber but its good that she lived.
arthurkirakosyan7 3 years ago
ya. did u loose anyone??
jennie13arl 3 years ago
nope:] but a councelor from my middle school died by im 11th grade now
arthurkirakosyan7 3 years ago
Charge the teens with murder for contributing to the crash by texting!
stubbyguy 3 years ago
Why? The teens didn't "force" the engineer to text them back, if that's what he did. He didn't have to do that at all. Besides, we now know the engineer ran the red light, and his train forced open a closed switch. Certainly the teens have nothing to do with that.
CreoleCW 3 years ago
I cant see them getting charged with murder. Being listed on the hundreds of civil suits from the victims? You bet. Hope mom and dad were not too attached to the house.
175MPH 3 years ago
so the next time you text someone, and it just so happens that person is driving a car, and they crash (using an example other than a train), and kill someone, it was your fault, because you should have known they were driving a car and should not have text messaged them? PLEASE! Texting someone is not against the law, and CreoteCW is right... the engineer had the choice not to answer. The teens did notihng wrong, if in fact that is the real story.
Deeception15 3 years ago
Oh nobody said they did anything wrong. But there is little doubt that the texting would be a distraction for the engineer. Who knows if his looking down to read one of the teen's messages caused him to miss a signal, resulting in the death of 25 people. Good point though- no need to blame the boys!
175MPH 3 years ago 2
Wow...I am so sorry for those who were on that MetroLink train on the day of the tragedy :-( I hope their families are compensated for this irreversible damage.
Jen
SerinaJK 3 years ago
god bless, rest in peace
deathlaychur 3 years ago
O my GOD - we are forgetting a huge fact here.
Is this guy a REAL TRAIN ENGINEER? Does operating a commuter train qualify?
Here in DFW our "public transportation" is nothing more than a "social" job program. Going to their facility is like walking into the U.N. building. Always 8-10 sub-group Americans speaking all their different languages.
Of course if you go to WAL-MART you can see SIGNS posted entirely in SPanish.
I would not let them even put gas in my car.
zaphodbebleebrox 3 years ago
the "authorities" are looking into the engineer's and several TEEN's phone records - what was this guy doing texting teenagers.
This country has fallen so far in the last 15 years, God help us cause or leaders & politicians have become so narcissistic. If you go to the grocery store they want you to fill out a form just to buy groceries.
Authorities want EVERYTHING ON RECORD, but cant even prevent stupid accidents like this.
I guess it is true, dictators love unarmed peasants.
zaphodbebleebrox 3 years ago
What a crying shame ... leaving all the politics aside and blame-laying ... it's just an awful horror that these lives were lost and that so many will forever have to live with the trauma and pain.
Bflatblues55 3 years ago
You know it is sad that some Frigging train enthusiasts would go on live television, to have a moment in the sun, and admit to texting an engineer while on duty. They the enthusiasts should be held as culpable in the deaths of all those innocent people. Maybe it would keep the foamers off the track.
lac7560 3 years ago
Lazyboy, You are so right! that or maybe on THEIR cell phone! so easy now to blame a dead man
FatWagar 3 years ago
god forbid the dispatcher do his or her job and have the switches properly lined. never should have happened.prob didnt answer the radio in time while they were out smoking a cigarette or at the soda machine.
lazyboy8998 3 years ago
While the news is ALLEGING Mr Sanchez Was text messaging, lets remember this investigation is still in the preliminary stages. Also it is very easy to blame a dead man and not a company that has been wrought with problems.
FatWagar 3 years ago
This is tragic. America's rail system is in the toilet. What happened here is comparable to allowing airliners to take off in opposite directions on the same runway. Tenerife?
ROCKSTARCRANE 3 years ago
I hear the driver was sending messages on his cellphone and missed a red signal? With only one engineer on the Metrolink trains this was bound to happen. because a slight lack of concentration can have devastating consiquences!
aussietraindriver 3 years ago
that just happened!
johnnyrosales1990 3 years ago
Did Sanchez survive?
FatWagar 3 years ago
no.
westcoastrailfan455 3 years ago
Sanchez another product of affirmative action.And why so many teen boy toys? Not properly trained in common sense. A mentor? Wow does he have them fooled. He should of stuck to his own age bracket.
Jeff4098 3 years ago
Metrolink is the railroad that was built by idiots. Did they bother making it safe beforehand, or were they just cheap so they could avoid accusations of "pork" by McCain types? McCain types are the cause of many a future rail accident.
Rickyrab 3 years ago
i was supposed to be on that train...it's so weird how plans change.
bloody1456 3 years ago 2
OMG! Thank God you were not on that train. Reminds me of my grandma, she was supposed to be on the Titanic but was late.
FatWagar 3 years ago
R.I.P. Paul Long, Devin Long thoughts and prayers are always with you, stay strong, i know you can.
OMGWhoCaresNIQUE 3 years ago
thats the last f***ing time I'm riding on Metrolink. I'm going greyhound or driving to L.A. URGH!! Like others here, I was watching 9/11 on the history channel and on the phone with my sister crying about the tragedy in NY 7 years ago. My sister says.. hey, you know eastcoast got 9/11, the south got Hurricane Katrina and now I think Los Angeles is next. Now OMG!!! this happens. GREAT! Everytime I took the train and was scared shitless of a crash and now this... no more metrolink!! :(
Eyedeaism 3 years ago
by the way... your pictures are fuzzy.
Eyedeaism 3 years ago
only the first few are, but thanks
FatWagar 3 years ago
None of those events have anything to do with each other. Bad things happen. This is a dumb reason to avoid Metrolink. There have only been a few crashes on the Metrolink but automobile accidents happen everyday. I assume you won't be riding in any cars either right?
cannedkitty 3 years ago
awful music!
DaSpozz 3 years ago
Not much choice with copyright laws, thanks
FatWagar 3 years ago
gee Jimmy - call the families of the DEAD passengers and let them know how you feel. I am sure they will be real impressed my you. JIMMY -IF COMPUTER RECORDS SHOW THE ENGINEER WAS SENDING TEXT MESSAGES TO TEEN-AGE BOYS - what do YOU think was going on ???? I guess you can TEXT while being responsible for hundreds of lives - WOULD you like the doctor operating on your mom to be sending text messages to teen-age girls during her operation - WAKE UP JIMMY - IT IS CALLED RESPONSIBILITY.
zaphodbebleebrox 3 years ago
This is what happens when metrolink is forced to hire liberal pedophiles.
nukedude2 3 years ago
You know the military is hurting for recruits right now. Why don't you stop being an oxygen thief and enlist?
RandallFlaggNY 3 years ago
Only if you volunteer to be a target. Then, I'm in.
175MPH 3 years ago 3
I did my service already. National Guard then Navy. One son graduated from USNA.
What about that oxygen you are consuming?
nukedude2 3 years ago
You call that service? Puddle pirate.
175MPH 3 years ago 2
"On the green light you go, on the red light you stop cause no engineer would ever run a red light"
Quote made famous by Engineer Bill
funyhowe 3 years ago
Yes, 25 people are dead, 45 are in critical condition, and another 45 are seriously injured.
See what happens when an idiot is "TEXT MESSAGING" while operating a vehicle (train or car, it doesn't matter). Yes, the engineer of the passenger train was TEXT MESSAGING back and forth to a geeky teen train enthusiast at the time of the collision and was distracted from seeing the stop light indicating for him to pull the train over onto a diverting track to wait for the freight train to pass by.
Eschatus2 3 years ago
It is to soon to make wild accusations as to the cause of the collision.Someone on that train had to have seen the signal light,as this will either vindicate the dead engineer's name or will prove he is the cause.I'm not willing to assume the signal light was red because central dispatch's computers indicated it was.Just remember the engineer was the first person to die in the crash.Your brain is to weak to imagine the g-forces the engineers body must have encountered upon impact.Jackass.
JimmyandNellie 3 years ago
pull the train over onto diverting tracks?
Wow, you know a lot about how trains work professor.
nukedude2 3 years ago
Well, Mr. Smarty-Pants, I happened to speak from experience and have rode the #111 from Union Station to Montecito for work many times, and in the tunnel are two tracks, the thorough route and a diverted stopping track where the passenger train stops to allow the frieght train the yield, and we sat their in the tunnel stopped and waiting until the freighter cleared by us before the engineer of the passenger train would proceed. So you really don't know anything about trains after all.
Eschatus2 3 years ago
OK you changed your tune.
nukedude2 3 years ago
well MR SANCHEZ - things are different in america than mexico huh ???? - well that little habit of yours TEXTING teenage boys has been cured huh - too bad you had to KILL a lot of innocent people in the process - growing up I yearned to go to california because it was so cool, now i view californai as a fool - THIS COUNTRY HAS GOT TO WAKE-UP BEFORE ALL IS LOST.
zaphodbebleebrox 3 years ago
Hey Idiot, he was born here, and his great-great grandparents were mexican. Stop saying its his mexican fault! Its NOT LIKE HE TRIED TO KILL THEM!
coastsubrailfan 3 years ago
As a locomotive engineer myself, I always pay attention to whats in front of me. If we are stopped in a siding, yeh the phone is ok. But if we are moving it's all eyes ahead. A signal is a crucial item it is your life line, go, go slow, stop, etc.... Someone was not paying attention in this accident obviously. We have a saying on the railroad, "LEAVE IT AT THE DOOR" meaning if you troubles outside of work, clear your mind and concentrate on safely completing the job.
nkpline 3 years ago
...in Europe,i write from europe,one has installed signals,communicating the train automatically.this´d been important for the fast trains in poor weather conditions.but it surely can used in any kind of train traffic,in such great cities as L.A. this would use something i guess.
paganviodio 3 years ago
there were in england allready two major train incidents due confusion of the signals.you know,the trains signals are not set always in the same place.One is down by the track,one is above the track,and in a documentary saying the machinists that´in the daylight some of the signals are very hard to differ which color is on.the english incidents were simulated,most of the people havent notice that,the signal was red.
paganviodio 3 years ago
Shame on the unions and the F.R.A., 1 man head end crews, no cab signals, no auto train stop, cell phones. Dangerous mixture. Poor people R.I.P.
1961sd 3 years ago
Just heard the "Disturbing" news. The engineer, Rob Sanchez was "texting" while conducting the engine! Last text message went to a teenage boy ONE MINUTE before COLLISION!!! As reported by CBS.
h8liver 3 years ago
OMG really?
This is so very sad!
santamara 3 years ago