From ABC News:
[In Glendale], a Metrolink commuter train struck a vehicle, derailed and sideswiped another train early Wednesday, killing nine people and injuring more than 100 others, authorities said.
Firefighters picked through twisted wreckage scattered across the tracks and carried wounded passengers from the trains to a triage center set up in a nearby parking lot.
“At this time, we believe we have nine fatilities,” Fire Chief William Battmare said. More than 100 people were transported to hospitals, he said.
FOXNews is reporting that authorities are investigating the possibility that the vehicle that caused the crash was left on the tracks deliberately.
Developing…
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update: The death toll is now 10, and a 26-year old Compton man is being held in custody. Evidently, this looks to be a failed suicide attempt.
As if rushour in LA weren’t bad enough already.
CNN is now saying it was a suicidal guy. Ironiccally, the suicidal guy bitched out at the last second but left his car on the tracks, resulting in 9 (10?) deaths. Honestly, I hope this gives him the motivation to go through with it next time. A-hole.
Unless someone does him first.
This is like (on a much greater scale, of course) when guys take a header off of a tall building. They kill themselves alright; but they also land on some poor slob who just happens to be walking by and take him out, too.
Stupid bastards….
Uh, I think that should be a smaller scale.
The Preview button is your friend…… :spongg:
Failed attempt? He chickened out in the last minute and ended up killing 10 people. Why he couldn’t slit his wrists in the bathtub with a nice bottle of Merlot like any sane person is beyond me.
One more argument against gun control. If I ever meet this motherfucker, I’ll give him one of my own firearms.
What a selfish fucking asshole.
I hear they are thinking of charging him with murder. My husband thinks that’s harsh; I’m not so sure.
Boy, if he thought he was depressed before…
I heard that the dead and injured included law enforcement officers on the way to work. I expect to see him charged.
Reports are that he tried twice this morning to
kill himself before the trainwreck. Slashed his
wrists AND stabbed himself. I call for an …
immediate removal from the gene pool for reasons
incompetency and the derailment.
I think our Psy-Ops guys are much more sophisticated than we give them credit for. Sure, they hook up the scrotal cables, but then they hook up a mike to an old Pignose amp with gnarly feedback and say, “Testes—(pop-pop-pop). TESTES, One, two, three.”
I do believe I’d talk…
Hi! My name is JWebb, and I’ve just commented on the wrong freaking post!
…HI, JWebb!!
I understand it’s 11 now, according to Fox.
OK, JW, now that’s a little freaky. Were you a musician in another life, because that’s a very old musician joke that I used to use on stage. Along with, “We’d like to do a little number for you….TWO”, and, “…this is a family show…and there’s a couple in the corner starting a family now!
With a snotty, post-modern ironist tone, of course. Lest you think that I would do those jokes seriously…which you wouldn’t…I don’t think….then again…
THANK YOU VERY MUCH LADIES AND GERMS….IT’S A REAL PRESSURE TO BE HERE…I JUST FLEW IN FROM CHICAGO, AND BOY IS MY STEWARDESS TIRED…BUT YOU KNOW, WHAT’S UP WITH THOSE SEVEN-ELEVENS…IS IT JUST ME, OR ARE ALL THE GUYS BEHIND THE COUNTER INDIAN…YOU KNOW, INDIAN INDIAN, NOT RED INDIAN…AND WHERE EXACTLY ON THE CHICKEN IS THE MCNUGGET?…I’ll be here all week….try the veal, it’s fabulous….zzzzzzzz…nyuk, nyuk
And don’t forget to tip your waitress, because I won’t be getting any of that anymore if you do. Forget to tip her, that is.
Jeff, I know I promised not to post anymore when I’m drunk, but it’s just so easy. If not particularly funny.
Man, I kill me.
Don’t say it.
I’d say they ought to give him his wish. But slowly. Say, thirty years on death row.
CC – Yeah, I was a drummer (now keyboards) and as such not allowed anywhere near a microphone, so guess it’s just the PA envy in me coming out. The other quotes brought back a lot of memories – thanks.
I thought posting drunk was a prerequisite, so now I’m kinda confused.
Hey, come on. I was a drummer, too, and I did most of the leads, and harmony. I was also the front man in a lot of bands, too bad for them.
I know this isn’t a funny post, but I’m not quite drunk yet.