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Re: Redondo junction wreck rdc
Author: Pdxrailtransit
Date: 06-10-2020 - 18:20

George Andrews Wrote:
-------------------------------------------------------
> J Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > 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.

And then there was the very shameless looting of watches, jewelry, etc. from the corpses. It was KTLA Channel 5 that broadcasted live fron the crash site.

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