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Firefighters search for survivors in the wreckage of a Metrolink commuter train that collided head-on with a freight train on the previous afternoon, on September 13, 2008.
Thursday, Oct. 02, 2008

Open quoteIt is almost inexplicable how this thing could happen if you had your eyes open.Close quote

  • MICHAEL R. PEEVEY,
  • president of the California Public Utilities Commission, on the train crash that killed 25; an investigation shows that the driver was text-messaging seconds before the impact
Photo: David McNew / Getty | Source: New York Times