Train engineer texted 22 seconds before fatal L.A. collision

Thursday, October 2, 2008

LOS ANGELES -- A Metrolink engineer sent a cell phone text message 22 seconds before his commuter train crashed head-on into a freight train last month, killing 25 people, federal investigators said Wednesday.

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