Investigators also find evidence that the train was in automatic mode, meaning the onboard computer should have slowed it down. Monday's wreck killed nine people. The operator of the Metro train that slammed into a stationary train apparently had activated the emergency brake in a failed effort to stop before the deadly collision, federal officials said Tuesday, as they searched for the cause of Monday's wreck that killed nine and injured 80.
Train In Fatal Crash Had Emergency Brake On
Los Angeles Times - Top News, Los Angeles Times
Wed, 06/24/2009 - 12:00am
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