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Nov 20, 2008 4:19 pm US/Pacific

4 Injured After Metrolink, Freight Trains Collide

RIALTO, Calif. (CBS) ― Four people were slightly injured Thursday when a Metrolink train that departed from Union Station in downtown Los Angeles collided with a freight train in Rialto.

Metrolink train No. 306, which left Los Angeles at 10:10 a.m. bound for San Bernardino, collided with a Burlington Northern Santa Fe freight train a half mile west of Metrolink's Rialto Station at 11:30 a.m., said Metrolink
spokesman Francisco Oaxaca.

There were 15 people on the Metrolink train and three on the freight train, said Metrolink spokeswoman Joanna Capelle. Unconfirmed reports suggested that four people may have suffered minor injuries and been taken to a hospital, she said.

Though both trains remained stopped this afternoon, Metrolink trains were still running along most of the San Bernardino Line, Capelle said.

Until the line is completely cleared, trains will operate between Union Station and the Rancho Cucamonga Station, and from there two buses will transport passengers to the remaining three stops: Fontana, Rialto and San Bernardino, she said.

Passengers should expect some delays, she said.

Safety measures to avoid such accidents were fast-tracked in recent months in the wake of another Metrolink-on-freight train wreck that killed 25 people and injured 135 others in Chatsworth.

That wreck, which occurred on Sept. 12, was a head-on collision, while Thursday's crash was a side collision, in which one of the trains was transitioning onto a track the other train was already on, Capelle said.

Following the Chatsworth wreck, Metrolink officials began doubling-up the staff in many of their locomotives and authorized millions of dollars in safety upgrades.

The Metrolink train involved in Thursday's crash did not have the doubled-up staff in the locomotive, Capelle said.

The cause of the crash was under investigation.

(© 2008 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Wire services contributed to this report.)

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