CBS Evening News - 2008-09-13
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[0:53] This is the CBS Evening News.
[0:59] >> Good evening. We begin tonight with the
[1:01] aftermath of yesterday's deadly train
[1:03] collision near Los Angeles. 24 people
[1:06] are confirmed dead in the crash, which
[1:07] occurred in Chadzsworth in the San
[1:09] Fernando Valley northwest of downtown.
[1:12] Tonight, CBS News has learned new
[1:14] details about why investigators are
[1:16] blaming the commuter train engineer.
[1:18] Sandra Hughes has the latest.
[1:21] It was the height of rush hour Friday
[1:23] afternoon when a commuter train and
[1:25] freight train collided. The force
[1:27] derailed train cars and scattered
[1:29] passengers.
[1:30] >> There was just a tremendous impact and
[1:33] people started flying all through the
[1:35] car.
[1:35] >> Injured people scrambled to reach family
[1:38] members. Others helped the victims and a
[1:40] priest who was on the train stood vigil
[1:42] over the dying, giving some last rights.
[1:46] In less than 24 hours, officials from
[1:48] the Metroink passenger train, took the
[1:50] extraordinary step of admitting that
[1:53] their engineer, a contracted employee
[1:55] from Illinois based Violia
[1:57] Transportation, was at fault.
[1:59] >> It