Head on collision between 2 trains. Rescues underway LA, CA area, with fatalities/injuries.

FOX channel 11 LA | 9/12/08 | FOX 11

[dragnet2]

Fatalities confirmed, passenger train VS freight train, head on. Very brutal collision, video of rescues being aired now.

[dragnet2]

Multiple critical injuries, and deaths. Both trains were moving at a good speed on a curve, this is the Chatsworth area.

Multiple rescues on television now, reporting multiple people are trapped in the wreckage.

Metro link VS freight.

[GOP Poet]

Wow. Prayers!!

[dragnet2]

Hearing more than 10 are critically trapped in the wreckage.

[dragnet2]

2 fatal are being reported, firefighters on the roofs of the passenger train, with many rescues operations underway.

Multiple critical injuries.

[dragnet2]

Being reported Metro link passenger train VS freight train on curve, both trains were moving at a fast speed, head on.

[dragnet2]

Reporting now over 100 passengers were on board.

[GoCards]

Prayers uP!!

[KylaStarr]

http://www.nbcsandiego.com/videostream/11724377/detail.html

No audio but excellent video coverage from overhead.

[dragnet2]

This is bad..Major damage to the freight and the passenger train...All reports are indicating it was head on.

The passenger train has been opened up like a tin can.

[dragnet2]

It’s now being carried on all stations here. thanks.

[tcrlaf]

FROM KCAL- LOS ANGELES (CBS) ― At least 23 people were injured -- 10 critically -- Friday afternoon when a Metrolink commuter train crashed into a freight train in Chatsworth. Reporting overhead in Sky 9, Gary Lineberry said it was a "real mess. And it's a bad one...no doubt about that." The freight train looked accordioned. Several cars of the commuter train overturned. Tim Lynn reporting overhead in Chopper 2 said the crash was "head on." He added, "We saw people crawling out of the train trying to escape flames. The fire department immediately got into rescue mode." Just looking at the aftermath Lynn said, "this crash had to be horrific." The crash occured near Topanga Boulevard about 4:40 p.m.

[dragnet2]

We’re hearing locally that at least 2 dead, 10 severely trapped in the wreckage, and dozens of injured.

[dragnet2]

A major portion of the freight train is inside the passenger train.

[KylaStarr]

I’ve not seen the freight train yet. The link I’m watching is zeroed in on the car that is on its side.

Praying for all involved. Praying extra hard for those trapped within.

[dragnet2]

Oh, there is no doubt, this was a freight train VS passenger metrolink...Reporting over 100 were on board the Metro.

This was a brutal collision.

[dragnet2]

I am hearing the freight train just exited a tunnel, just prior to the collision, so far it’s being reported 23 critical, at least 2 fatal.

[BenLurkin]

Probably more than that. Each car can hold over one hundred people and ridership has been way up. I’ve been on Metrolink trains lately (not that particular line) where people every seat was filled and people were standing in the aisles.

[dragnet2]

7 now reported dead with over 350 on board, many critical.

[dragnet2]

Rescues will be going on through the night due to the severity of the wreckage, as people are still trapped.

8 now reported dead, and at least several dozen critically injured.