A day after a Metrolink commuter train and a Union Pacific freight train collided head-on in Chatsworth, killing 25 people and injuring 135, rescue crews and federal investigators worked through the wreckage. KPCC’s Patricia Nazario joins us with the latest from the scene.
Since then: The crash led Congress to pass the Rail Safety Improvement Act of 2008, which required Positive Train Control, a GPS-based backup system designed to stop trains when crews make errors. Federal regulators announced at the end of 2020 that the technology was in place on all required U.S. rail lines.
The Los Angeles Times remembers the 25 people killed in the Chatsworth crash.
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