Coast Starlight Crash 1998

David111767

30in and Rack Railway Guy
I remember like this was yesterday.

I was riding the coast starlight, amtrak, from LA to San Fran to see my aunt and uncle. The train hit a truck full of mushroom compost. It smelled absolutley horrible. Me and my mom went to the lower level of the superliners to see what happened, we were alowed to leave the cars because the AC broke in the crash, but it was 45 degrees outside. I distinctly remember the old ladys in wheelchairs yelling" CLOSE THE DAMN DOORS! ITS FREEZING!"

Here is an article:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article/article?f=/c/a/1998/01/01/MN14340.DTL
 
Did the driver ever get charged?

And man, that had to be an insane wreck. Lucky that nothing derailed and/or caught fire.
 
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