tags: Train Incidents, Terrorism-Like , Hit and Run, traffic arrest, felony, cover story
28 injured 4 critical, train derailed, driver arrested February 24, 2015 Oxnard CA Commuter Train Crashes Into Hit and Run Truck Parked On Tracks A Los Angeles-bound Metrolink train derailed near the city of Oxnard, about 75 miles after hitting a 2005 F-450 truck and trailer carrying welding equipment which was apparently stuck and burning on the tracks for an unknown reason. Police found the driver Jose Alejandro Sanchez-Ramirez, 54, of Yuma, Arizona, who was not in the cab when it was hit, had fled apparently disoriented about a mile away, and arrested him on a felony hit and run charge. The truck was seen by the train crew to be on fire before the collision. The truck driver told police that he turned too soon and drove onto the tracks instead of the intersection, and then the engine quit and would not wart. Sanchez-Ramirez’s wife, Lucila Sanchez, told The Los Angeles Times that he jumped out of the truck when he saw the train approaching and couldn’t restart his engine. “It’s not his fault,” she said
Sanchez-Ramirez delivers produce, but was pulling a trailer with some welding equipment in it. His story was old police he turned onto the tracks before the crossing arm came down, turned prematurely and his truck got stuck straddling the rails. 28 people were transported to six area hospitals. Four of those patients were in critical condition. train was pushed by a locomotive in the rear. After such a crash killed 11 people and injured 180 others in Glendale in 2005, Metrolink upgraded to cars with collapsible bumpers and impact features.
There was absolutely no connection to NY Valhalla train crash also caused by another vehicle left on the tracks, or buses that drive into moving trains.
On September 12, 2008, a Union Pacific freight train and commuter train collided head-on in Chatsworth, California, killing 25 people and injuring 135 in an accident officials blamed on the commuter train engineer's failure to stop at a red light.
Connected? 6 killed February 3, 2015 A collision between a commuter train and a Mercedes SUV stopped at a crossing kills six in Valhalla, New York. Woman driver who was killed stopped after gate hit back of her truck, she looked, got back in, then was hit by train. Third rail pierced car, killing passengers, truck gas tank exploded into flames. She mother of 3 was employee at jewelry store with $48,000 Mercedes ML 350 SUV.
*Wikipedia (2/24/2015)
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US Los Angeles Metrolink Train Hits Truck, Driver Flees, critical injuries PressTV
On September 12, 2008, a Union Pacific freight train and commuter train collided head-on in Chatsworth, California, killing 25 people and injuring 135 in an accident officials blamed on the commuter train engineer's failure to stop at a red light.
Connected? 6 killed February 3, 2015 A collision between a commuter train and a Mercedes SUV stopped at a crossing kills six in Valhalla, New York. Woman driver who was killed stopped after gate hit back of her truck, she looked, got back in, then was hit by train. Third rail pierced car, killing passengers, truck gas tank exploded into flames. She mother of 3 was employee at jewelry store with $48,000 Mercedes ML 350 SUV.
Jose Alejandro Sanchez-Ramirez is shown in a photo distributed by his attorney on Feb. 25, 2015.
*Topics- conviction 2004 of a local driving infraction in Yuma,
- conviction 2007 for failure to obey a traffic-control device,
- Driver arrested felony hit and run
- DUI: conviction in 1998, but has had an “insignificant” driving record since then, according to the attorney. pleaded guilty to several violations in the 1998 case, including driving with a blood alcohol content above .08 percent, failure to obey a police officer, having liquor with a minor on the premises, and having no insurance,
- Not typical crossing grade - drove into tracks
- Emergency brake was set
- High beams set on
- No speculation of terrorism
- A legal U.S. resident who “pays taxes,”
- lived in Yuma since 1996 and has been employed by the same harvest company for 12 years, according He worked for Harvest Management LLC of Somerton, Arizona, a company that hauls farm equipment and produce,
*Wikipedia (2/24/2015)
2015 Oxnard train derailment
The 2015 Oxnard train derailment occurred on February 24, 2015 when a Metrolink passenger train collided with a truck on a grade crossing and derailed at Oxnard, California, United States. Thirty people were injured.
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The accident occurred at 5:44 a.m. local time (13:44 UTC) when a passenger train collided with a 2005 Ford F-450 pick-up truckand trailer on the Rice Avenue grade crossing in Oxnard, California. The train derailed, with three carriages falling onto their sides and a fourth remaining upright, as did the locomotive.[1][2] The train was travelling from East Ventura to Los Angeles.[3] It was travelling at 40 to 50 miles per hour (64 to 80 km/h) when it hit the truck.[1] The train's usual cruising speed is 79 miles per hour (127 km/h).[4]
The truck was seen by the train crew to be on fire before the collision.[4] The truck driver is reported to have driven along the tracks having turned too early at an intersection. The truck was facing the train when the accident occurred.[1] The driver fled following the accident, but was later arrested about a mile away.[5] There were 48 passengers and three crew on board the train.[6] Of those, 30 were injured,[7] 28 of whom were taken to hospital, four of them said to be in a critical condition.[4] The train driver was one of those critically injured. Victims were treated at the Community Memorial Hospital, Los Robles Hospital & Medical Center, St. John's Regional Medical Center, St. John's Pleasant Valley Hospital and Ventura County Medical Center.[8]
Aftermath[edit]
Metrolink trains between East Ventura and Moorpark were cancelled. A bus service was laid on for passengers travelling to these stations.[2] Local roads around the scene of the accident were closed.[3] Amtrak services between Los Angeles and Goletathat also use the Union Pacific coast line were also cancelled.[9]
Investigations[edit]
The National Transportation Safety Board has launched an investigation into the accident.[5][7] A Go-team was despatched to the scene.[10] The train was fitted with a forward-facing camera in the cab car.[1]
The Federal Railroad Administration opened an investigation into the accident, the twelfth at the crossing in ten years. An average of four passenger and 24 freight trains use the line each day.[2]
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- California train crash: Investigators locate video of crashLos Angeles Times - 14 hours ago
- NTSB: Truck involved in Metrolink crash not stuck on tracksKABC-TV - 19 hours ago
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abc7.com/news/ntsb-truck-involved-in-metrolink-crash.../533780/19 hours ago - Jose Alejandro Sanchez Ramirez, 55, of Yuma, Arizona, was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of felony hit-and-run after a Metrolink train headed ...- More images for Jose Alejandro Sanchez-Ramirez
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www.latimes.com/.../la-me-ln-metrolink-train-crash-2...19 mins ago - The pickup driver arrested in a Metrolink crash in Oxnard was previously... Sanchez-Ramirez was booked on suspicion of felony hit-and-run in the crash, ... 54, of Yuma, Ariz., was attempting to turn his 2005 Ford F-450 onto 5th ... The truck waspulling a trailer carrying equipment including welding tools.
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www.dailymail.co.uk/.../Truck-driver-54-took-wrong-turn-got-st...11 hours ago - Truck driver, Jose Alejandro Sanchez-Ramirez, 54, of Yuma, ...Investigators are seen behind police tape as they walk past the mangled truck driven by ... F-450 pickup 1.6 miles from the crossing 45 minutes after the crash, said Benites. ... an empty bed pulling a trailer with some welding equipment in it.
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By Staff Writer 7 hours 58 minutes ago 0 Google +0Font size: Decrease font Enlarge fontTruck Driver Jose Alejandro Sanchez-Ramirez, 54, of Yuma, Arizona, was briefly hospitalized then arrested Tuesday for a felony hit-and-runFour cars of a Metrolink commuter train overturned after slamming into a truck on tracks in Ventura County northwest of Los AngelesTruck driver, 54, from Yuma, Arizona, was not in cab of truck and later found wandering away from the sceneThe crash was reported at 5.44am on Tuesday and left 30 injuredThe National Transportation Safety Board was sending a 'go-team' to the site on Tuesday- See more at: http://www.floridanewstime.com/national/93356-truck-driver-54-who-took-wrong-turn-and-got-stuck-on-the-tracks-before-crashing-into-los-angeles-train-faces-felony-hit-and-run-charges.html#sthash.tv9TAZVg.dpuf
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