MOTORIST KILLED BY TRAIN DRIVER STEERED PAST CROSSING GATES AS METROLINK NEARED.Byline: Jason Kandel Staff Writer BURBANK - A female motorist was killed early Friday when her sedan Sedan (sədäN`), town (1990 pop. 22,407), Ardennes dept., NE France, on the Meuse River. A noted textile center since the 16th cent., Sedan also has metal and brewing industries. The town became part of French crown lands in 1642. was hit by a Metrolink train, and transit officials said she drove around crossing gates into the train's path. The crash at San Fernando Road San Fernando Road is a major street in the city and county of Los Angeles. It starts off in Castaic as The Old Road, passing through Santa Clarita and the Newhall Pass, where upon its intersection with Sierra Highway near the junction of the Golden State (I-5) and the and Buena Vista Street happened about 8:25 a.m., and occurred three years to the day after a truck driver was killed in a Metrolink collision at the same intersection. ``We heard a loud screeching, a loud bang - metal to metal,'' said Art Alvarez, 34, who was working at a warehouse along San Fernando Road at the time of the crash. ``It sounded like an explosion. People from down the street, over a mile, heard it. It's just terrible.'' Train 208 was carrying about 280 passengers, none of whom was hurt. None of the cars derailed, officials said. The victim's name was not immediately released, although authorities said she was an elderly woman. ``The investigators are trying to piece it all together, and figure out how it occurred,'' said Burbank police Officer Vee Jones. Metrolink spokeswoman Denise Tyrrell said the train's horn, the signals and crossing gates were all working properly. ``It's very, very sad,'' she said. ``It's an unnecessary loss of life. This individual took a risk, a split-second A Split-Second was a successful synth rock/new beat/EBM band from Belgium. The duo — Mark Ickx and Peter Bonne (under the artist name Chrismar Chayell) — were active from their debut in 1986 until they split up in 1991, when A Split-Second continued as a solo project. risk. The train behaved exactly as it is designed to behave. We are fortunate that our equipment behaved safely and everything went well. But it's always a sad day when there is a fatality fa·tal·i·ty n. 1. A death resulting from an accident or disaster. 2. One that is killed as a result of such an occurrence. .'' The train was in a push-pull configuration For other uses of "push-pull", see Push-pull. An aircraft constructed with a push-pull configuration has a mixture of forward-mounted (tractor) propellers and backward-mounted (pusher) propellers. An early example of a "push-pull" aircraft was the Caproni Ca. , with the passenger car in the front; it felt the brunt brunt n. 1. The main impact or force, as of an attack. 2. The main burden: bore the brunt of the household chores. of the crash but did not derail de·rail intr. & tr.v. de·railed, de·rail·ing, de·rails 1. To run or cause to run off the rails. 2. . The push-pull method has been under scrutiny since another deadly Metrolink train crash in January 2005 left 11 passengers dead. Jason Kandel, (818) 546-3306 jason.kandel(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): 3 photos, map Photo: (1 -- ran in Valley edition only) Rescuers look over a small auto whose driver was killed when it was hit by a Metrolink train Friday morning in Burbank. No passengers were hurt. (2 -- ran in Valley edition only) A Metrolink train passing through Burbank collided with a car, killing the driver, Friday morning. The train stayed on the tracks, and no passengers were injured in·jure tr.v. in·jured, in·jur·ing, in·jures 1. To cause physical harm to; hurt. 2. To cause damage to; impair. 3. . Tina Burch/Staff Photographer (3 -- color -- ran in AV edition only) A firefighter walks down the tracks after a Metrolink train collided with an auto, killing the driver, on Friday morning. Map: (ran in Valley edition only) Metrolink Crash Warren Huskey/Staff Artist |
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