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Holy Sh*t. It was a suicide.
This has been on the news all day & now to find out it was a suicide.
GLENDALE, California (CNN) -- A suicidal man will face murder charges after parking his vehicle on tracks Wednesday, causing a commuter train collision that killed at least 10 people outside Los Angeles, officials said.
"This whole incident was started by a deranged individual who was suicidal," said Glendale Police Chief Randy Adams.
The suspect, identified as Juan Manuel Alvarez, 25, got out of the Jeep Cherokee before impact and watched the collision, Adams said.
The Compton, California, resident is in custody and will be charged with one count of homicide for each death resulting from the incident, Adams said.
Before being taken into custody, the suspect was treated for superficial wounds that were self-inflicted and not caused by the train wreck, Adams said.
"I think he was intent at that time of taking his own life, but changed his mind prior to the train actually striking his vehicle," Adams said.
Adams said Alvarez has an arrest record for unspecified drug violations and described the suspect as "distraught and remorseful, but cooperative."
Adams said more than 100 people were injured in the crash, which occurred shortly after 6 a.m.
"I heard a noise. It got louder and louder," passenger Diane Brady, 56, of Simi Valley, told The Associated Press. "And next thing I knew the train tilted, everyone was screaming and I held onto a pole for dear life. I held on for what seemed like a week and a half."
"It was a complete nightmare," she said.
Passenger Carol Smith, 50, who was unharmed, told Reuters she was on her way to work and had just stopped reading her newspaper.
"All of a sudden, the train pulls the brakes and jerks and the lights went out," she told Reuters. "I walked by a lot of people who were lying on the tracks and couldn't move."
A spokeswoman for the commuter line, Metrolink, said one of its trains hit the car on the railroad tracks, ran into another Metrolink train and crashed into a parked Union Pacific train.
A law enforcement official identified one of the dead as Los Angeles County Sheriff's Deputy James Tutino, a 23-year veteran, who was on his way to work.
Chris Gray, chief of the Glendale Fire Department, said more than 75 agencies are involved in the rescue and recovery, including some from Pasadena and Burbank.
Videotape shows Metrolink passenger train cars on their sides with shattered windows and the metal sheeting peeled backward and crushed inward.
The footage also shows several overturned orange Union Pacific rail cars.
Because commuter trains are involved it is difficult to determine who the passengers are and how many had boarded, Gray said.
Each Metrolink train had three passenger cars and one diesel locomotive, a Metrolink spokesman said. The maximum speed in the area is 79 miles per hour, he said, but the trains were likely traveling slower due to their proximity to a nearby station.
Southbound Metrolink train No. 100, which originates in Moorpark and terminates at Union Station, has an average ridership of 200-250, according to the train line. Northbound Metrolink train No. 901, which originates in Union Station and terminates in downtown Burbank, carries from 30-50 passengers.
Metrolink is Southern California's regional commuter rail service and is in its 12th year of operation. It operates seven routes through a six-county, 512 route-mile network.
The National Transportation and Safety Board will take over the investigation. Relatives can call (818) 548-6464 for additional information.
Worst in almost six years
Wednesday's crash is the worst rail accident in the United States since March 1999, when an Amtrak train hit a truck and derailed near Bourbonnais, Illinois, killing 11 people and injuring more than 100, according to AP. (Full story)
http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/01/26/tr...ment/index.html
well... attempted suicide. beat his ass!!! 
if i was him i'd kill myself 
If your going to kill your self,DO IT!!!
Just dont take anyone else with you.
This happened in the UK a couple of months back, but the guy did kill himself, the train crashed killing 7 people. Will find a link to the story
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3990663.stm
this happened a couple of miles from where UKTA Mart (Echano) lives
yea, drove by that this morning when i was going back out to school, pretty sad. just found out from this thread that it was a suicide attempt. fuckin guy, should not involve other people in his shit, but its too late for that.
People who kill themselves with trains suck. There's so many other ways to kill yourself that don't involve other people.
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| Originally posted by Lephaid People who kill themselves with trains suck. There's so many other ways to kill yourself that don't involve other people. |
Yeah, this guy sucks.
Just when he realizes how precious life is, his foolish action causes the death of others.
He deserves the beatdown of a lifetime.
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| Originally posted by Nou why he was out on the streets able to hurt himself and others is a mystery...  |
his punishment will be to live in a tiny cell for decades!
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| Originally posted by Basstard his punishment will be to live in a tiny cell for decades! |
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| Originally posted by josh4 i think gun to the head is the best way to do it if you must. quick, easy, painless, and assured of success |
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| Originally posted by starglider It's apparently not as easy as you might think to kill yourself with a shot to the head. If you mess it up, you could just end up a vegetable. I don't think I'd be willing to take that risk. The 100-story building, on the other hand... just don't land on someone. |
Yup, it was this morning. When I was driving to school, there was so much traffic in the freeway you couldnt even move, until during noon I had found out what had happened. It had happened near my school too. Scary...
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| Originally posted by trunks1022 open mouth. insert barrel into mouth. squeeze trigger. i believe that works because u're going for the brain stem where it controls all vital functions... |
Thats so fucked up...
They should definatley NOT give him the death penalty...lock him away in a fuckin cell.
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| Originally posted by Ian^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3990663.stm this happened a couple of miles from where UKTA Mart (Echano) lives |
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| Originally posted by TweeK If your going to kill your self,DO IT!!! Just dont take anyone else with you. |
death from a crushed pelvis and exploding heart from sex.
actually.. spontaneous combustion would be quite funny.
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| Originally posted by Nell death from a crushed pelvis and exploding heart from sex. actually.. spontaneous combustion would be quite funny. |
it was an accidental attempted suicide. Recycling center for 6 months
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| Originally posted by TweeK If your going to kill your self,DO IT!!! Just dont take anyone else with you. |
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| Originally posted by Pariah Cleric Or take the right people with. |
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