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Next US terror attack 'could be by white Americans or Europeans'
At least 12 people have died and some 100 have been hurt in a head-on collision between a passenger train and a freight train near Los Angeles.
LA crash was like 'a bomb blast'
Passengers said the impact sounded and felt like a bomb exploding.
This is the worst train accident I have ever seen
Los Angeles Fire Department Capt. Rex Vilaubi
The exact cause of the crash - believed to be one of the worst in Los Angeles' history - is not yet known.
The 26-year-old owner of the Jeep was planning to kill himself when he had a sudden change of heart, apparently leaping from his vehicle moments before the train's impact, police said.
Originally posted by MrMysticism
reply to post by Now_Then
It is amazing how people like to make every event into a conspiracy or terrorist act. I guess they like more drama for the mama!
Where is the news snippet for this headline?
LA crash was like 'a bomb blast'
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - At least 24 people were killed in the head-on crash of a commuter train and a freight train near Los Angeles that officials on Saturday attributed to the failure of the passenger train engineer to stop at a red light.
"At this moment we must acknowledge that it was a Metrolink engineer that made the error that caused yesterday's accident," Denise Tyrrell, a spokeswoman for the train line, said at a news conference.
he said the engineer, who was not identified, worked for a subcontractor used by Metrolink. The engineer was believed to have died in the crash.
The Los Angeles passenger rail line's previous deadliest crash happened in January 2005, when 11 people were killed after a train slammed into a Jeep Cherokee that had been parked on the tracks. That train derailed, struck another train traveling in the opposite direction and hit a freight train.