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China Daily | Updated: 2008-09-15 07:33
LA train crash kills 25
At least 25 people were killed in the head-on crash of a commuter train and a freight train near Los Angeles that officials on Saturday attributed to the failure of the passenger train engineer to stop at a red light.
The crash was the worst US rail tragedy since 1999.
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa said the death toll might go higher if people succumb to their injuries at any of the dozen or so hospitals where roughly 47 people remain in critical condition.
(China Daily 09/15/2008 page8)
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