Now hearing up to 20 dead and 100 injured.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-traincrash13-2008sep13,0,2874450.story
15 reported dead as Metrolink cars crash into freight train
70 people are injured, some of them critically. Sheriff’s officials expect more fatalities. Up to 400 may have been on passenger train.
8:29 PM PDT, September 12, 2008
A Metrolink train and a Union Pacific freight train collided in Chatsworth this afternoon, killing at least 15 people and injuring at least 70 others. Dozens of people were believed to be trapped in the wreckage despite the efforts of more than 100 firefighters, police officers and paramedics.
One of the fatalities is believed to be the Metrolink engineer.