Comuter train wreck kills 12, 135 injured in California

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Firefighters work to pull out passengers at the scene of Friday's collision between a Union Pacific and Metrolink Amtrak train in Chatsworth, Calif.

Commuter train wreck kills 12 in California
'Blood was everywhere' after head-on collision; about 135 people injured.

LOS ANGELES - A Metrolink commuter train carrying 222 people collided head-on with a freight train outside Los Angeles Friday afternoon, killing at least 12 people, injuring about 135 and leaving an unknown number of others trapped in a horrifically mangled passenger car imploded by its locomotive.

Firefighters put out a fire under part of the train and pulled people from the passenger car, which was rested on its side with the Metrolink engine shoved inside it. Two other Metrolink cars remained upright.

Emergency crews worked through the night and into Saturday morning, the death toll increasing as firefighters dug deeper into the wreckage.


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