{"id":4167,"date":"2015-02-24T12:03:29","date_gmt":"2015-02-24T19:03:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.aitkenlaw.com\/?p=4167"},"modified":"2015-02-24T12:03:29","modified_gmt":"2015-02-24T19:03:29","slug":"oxnard-metrolink-derails","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aitkenlaw.com\/newsite\/2015\/02\/24\/oxnard-metrolink-derails\/","title":{"rendered":"Metrolink Train Derails In Oxnard After Colliding With Truck – 28 Injured"},"content":{"rendered":"

OXNARD, CALIFORNIA (February 24, 2015)<\/strong> \u2013 A Metrolink commuter train struck a vehicle in Southern California this morning causing five of the train cars to derail, and three to be left on its side. Currently, there have been no fatalities but 28 people have been left with head trauma and neck and back injuries, with four in critical condition.<\/p>\n

\"train-crash\"The scene of the accident occurred on the Ventura County Line tracks between Camarillo and Oxnard, about 70 miles northwest of Los Angeles just before 6 a.m. NBC\u00a0News<\/strong> reported that \u201cthe conductor used the train’s emergency-braking system after noticing the truck and trailer on the tracks near 5th Street and Rice Avenue.\u201d Unfortunately the conductor was unable to come to a complete stop in time.<\/p>\n

The driver of the truck fled from the scene, but was detained by police a couple miles from the site of the train crash.<\/p>\n

\"vcounty-4\"The Los Angeles Times<\/strong><\/a> reported that \u201cUnion Pacific was hoping to make repairs by the morning\u201d and that The National Transportation Safety Board is aware of the\u00a0incident and is \u201ccurrently gathering information.\u201d<\/p>\n

This crash follows two major crashes involving Metrolink trains\u00a0in\u00a0the past 10 years. In January 2005, a truck abandoned on a rail line near Glendale caused a Metrolink train to derail and strike other trains on either side of the track, killing 11. In 2008, a freight train and Metrolink train collided head-on in Chatsworth, killing 25.<\/p>\n

The whole team at Aitken Aitken Cohn<\/a><\/strong> is saddened to hear about this fatal train crash in Oxnard and extends our deepest condolences to friends and family affected by the incident. As one of California\u2019s leading personal injury law firms, we recognize the danger of train accidents<\/a> <\/strong>and have successfully represented these cases in the past. In 2008, Aitken Aitken Cohn was selected as Plaintiff\u2019s Liaison Counsel in the\u00a0deadly train collision in\u00a0Placentia, California.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

If you or anyone you know has been affected or are in a similar situation, we encourage you to contact us<\/a> <\/strong>or give our lawyers\u00a0a call at (866) 434-1424 for a free consultation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

OXNARD, CALIFORNIA (February 24, 2015) \u2013 A Metrolink commuter train struck a vehicle in Southern California this morning causing five of the train cars to derail, and three to be left on its side. Currently, there have been no fatalities but 28 people have been left with head trauma and neck and back injuries, with… read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[59,70,404,497,593,798,799,800,810],"class_list":["post-4167","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-accident","tag-aitken-aitken-cohn","tag-injuries","tag-metrolink","tag-oxnard","tag-train-accident","tag-train-crash","tag-train-derailment","tag-truck-collision"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aitkenlaw.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4167","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aitkenlaw.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aitkenlaw.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aitkenlaw.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aitkenlaw.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4167"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.aitkenlaw.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4167\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aitkenlaw.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aitkenlaw.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aitkenlaw.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}