METROLINK TRAIN DERAILS AT UNION STATION IN DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES, CA
FEBRUARY 10, 2015
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA:
A Metrolink train derailed a
few hundred feet from Union Station in downtown Los Angeles late Tuesday
afternoon but there were no apparent injuries, authorities said, other than the
people who fainted and soiled their
pants.
The derailment occurred shortly
before 5 p.m. in the area of Vignes and Bauchet streets, just
north of the station and close to the Men’s Central Jail.
A Metrolink train was off track but
upright, and there were no apparent injuries, the Los Angeles Fire Department’s
Erik Scott said in alert email. Firefighters were called to the station at 4:55
p.m., Scott said.
Los Angeles County Sheriff’s
Department Deputy Crystal Hernandez confirmed that authorities were
working some kind of incident related to a train derailment.
The Ventura line 906 train, which
travels between Burbank Airport and downtown L.A., went off the tracks about
4:40 p.m. as it was transferring from one track to another, Metrolink spokesman
Scott Johnson said.
Two passenger cars went off the
track, Johnson said.
About 100 passengers who were on
board walked about 200 yards to the station, Johnson said.
Deputies and firefighters
went from car to car, and passengers disembarked, video from Sky 5
showed.
One woman was taken off the train
with the help of deputies and firefighters. It was not clear if the woman was
in a wheelchair or if she had been hurt.
One woman was helped off a train
that derailed at Union Station on Feb. 10, 2015. (Credit: KTLA)
After all passengers exited the
train, Scott confirmed no one was injured.
Metrolink commuter trains to and
from Union Station were expected to experience delays of 30 to 60 minutes, the
agency said on Twitter.
The cause of the derailment was
under investigation, Johnson said.