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Texting May Have Led to LA Train Crash

Teens say engineer was chatting with them just before tragedy

By Matt Cantor, Newser Staff

Posted Sep 15, 2008 7:06 AM CDT

(Newser) – The engineer in a Los Angeles train crash that killed 25 people may have been text-messaging with two teenagers before running a stop signal, CNN reports. Federal investigators will be studying the phone records of the teenagers, one of whom told local KCBS-TV that he... Read full story »

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