UPDATE ON NTSB INVESTIGATION INTO RAIL COLLISION IN CHATSWORTH, CALIFORNIA

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                       NTSB ADVISORY
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National Transportation Safety Board
Washington, DC 20594

September 17, 2008

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UPDATE ON NTSB INVESTIGATION INTO TRAIN
COLLISION IN CHATSWORTH, CALIFORNIA

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	The National Transportation Safety Board today 
released the following update on its investigation into the 
September 12, 2008 collision between a Metrolink commuter 
train and a Union Pacific freight train in Chatsworth, 
California.

	NTSB investigators asked for records of the Metrolink 
engineer's cell phone calls and text messages from the 
service provider.  The Board today received some of those 
records, which indicate that the engineer had sent and 
received text messages on the day of the accident, including 
some while he was on duty.

	The Safety Board will correlate those records with 
other investigative information to determine as precisely as 
possible the exact times of those messages in relation to 
the engineer's operation of his train.

	The Board will provide further information on the 
progress of its investigation as it becomes available.

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NTSB Media Contact:	Terry Williams
			(202) 314-6100
			williat@xxxxxxxx




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