Texting Potentially the Cause of LA Train Crash

Federal officials are reportedly investigating whether or not an engineer is to blame for running a stop signal before the fatal train crash occurred in Los Angeles last week. The crash took the lives of 25 passengers and many believe that an engineer on the train was texting on his cell phone when the freight train collided with a commuter train.

The collision happened near Chatsworth, just west of San Fernando Valley, near a 500-foot-long tunnel. The commuter train was reportedly traveling from Union Station in downtown Los Angeles to Ventura County and the impact forced the Metrolink engine back and jammed it into the passenger car.

On Sunday the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) supposedly confirmed that the engineer, who was also killed in the accident, failed to stop at a red signal. After two 14-year-old boys revealed to news stations that they had received a text message from the engineer just before the crash, many are suspicious that he was on his phone when he failed to stop.

Investigation Ensues

NTSB experts are now reviewing cell phone records in hopes of determining the cause of the crash that injured over 100 commuters and took the lives of many others. According to reports from Metrolink, a dispatcher tried to warn the engineer of the oncoming commuter train he was about to collide with but the call came in too late.

The accident has become the deadliest rail disaster in 15 years and the families and loved ones of those who died are already seeking legal advice and counseling in light of the recent texting news.