Re: Redondo junction wreck rdc
Author: George Andrews
Date: 06-10-2020 - 17:57
J Wrote:
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> Here is a short article including a view of the
> overspeed derailment that resulted in 30
> fatalities. (Window attachments failed inward
> allowing ballast to enter the cars). This was
> reportedly the first time television news provided
> live coverage of an incident.
>
> Military Response to Disasters
It was the rail slicing into the car, and the passengers being drawn out the window openings onto the tracks, that inflicted most of the deaths & injuries. L.A. County Coroner had quite the time piecing the bodies back together.