Re: Metrolink derailment in Oxnard.
SP5103 Wrote:
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> For photos, also mentions conductor saw the truck
> on fire a long ways out?
> [
www.latimes.com]
> rnia-trail-derails-30-injured-20150224-story.html
>
> Look at photo showing trailer(?) with the island
> signal mast tangled with it. My suspicion - truck
> was southbound on Rice waiting to cross or turn on
> 5th, got caught on tracks when gates came down. I
> really doubt driver would have survived crash and
> was found a mile away if he stayed in truck. This
> could be the second recent major crossing accident
> due to vehicles stopped on the tracks where the
> road intersects another closely paralleling the
> tracks, a common problem. Never understood why
> they don't require vehicles to wait behind the
> tracks and not cross tracks except on a green.
>
> There is also a photo of the front of the car car.
> Something doesn't look right to me specifically
> the coupler/draft gear. Did the crash energy
> management system actually interfere with keeping
> it on the track?
Both articles posted on here clearly stated that not only did the truck driver survive, but fled the scene before being detained.
Robert Z