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September 15th, 2008 · No Comments

Text messaging figures in L.A. train wreck probe

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Investigators of a Los Angeles train wreck that killed 26 people are looking into reports that an engineer blamed for missing a red light may have been distracted by text messaging moments before the crash, officials said on Monday.

Three days after a Metrolink commuter train plowed head-on into a Union Pacific freight locomotive, the probe focused on operation of trackside warning signals and whether train crew members may have failed to heed them.

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