2005 Glendale train crash
Train crash in California, US
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The 2005 Glendale train crash occurred on January 26, 2005, at 6:03 a.m. PST, when a Metrolink commuter train collided with a sport utility vehicle that had been parked on the tracks by a man in an industrial area of Glendale, California, just east of the Los Angeles city limits, causing the deaths of 11 people and injuring 177 more. The driver of the car, who was allegedly trying to commit suicide and had changed his mind shortly before the impact but was unable to move his car from the wet tracks, survived the incident and was charged with eleven counts of murder and one count of arson.
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