Date: 10/1/2008 10:07 PM By DAISY NGUYENAssociated Press Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) _ A commuter train engineer sent a cell phone text message 22 seconds before his commuter train crashed head-on into freight train in Southern California last month, killing…
Rail safety bill advances in Senate
Date: 9/29/2008 1:41 PM By ERICA WERNERAssociated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) _ A sweeping rail safety reform bill that includes billions of dollars for Amtrak cleared a key vote in the Senate Monday, as lawmakers invoked the Sept. 12 train…
Train crash probe renews focus on texting dangers
Date: 9/16/2008 4:38 PM By JOCELYN NOVECKAP National Writer One day last summer, Jim Messer, a Florida attorney, was nearly run off the road by another car. When he recovered, he says, he was able to see the other driver…
Rail collision altered lives in and outside train
Date: 9/20/2008 1:52 PM By JOHN ROGERSAssociated Press Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) _ It was shaping up as a perfect afternoon when Kipp Landis climbed aboard the doomed Metrolink 111 train at Union Station. Landis had managed to get away…