The deadliest US commuter train crashes in the last two decades
NEW HAVEN — There have been a number of fatal commuter train crashes through the years. Here’s a list of the deadliest crashes since 2000:
September 12, 2008: Metrolink commuter train
Casualties: 25 killed; more than 100 injured
Where: Chatsworth, California, near Los Angeles
What: A Metrolink commuter train and a Union Pacific freight train collided head-on in the late afternoon. The Metrolink’s locomotive and one of its three passenger cars derailed;
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