LOS ANGELES - A commuter train engineer who ran a stop signal was blamed Saturday for the nation's deadliest rail disaster in 15 years, a wreck that killed at least 24 people with more bodies still to be pulled from the smoldering, twisted metal.
Engineer's error caused train wreck
Saturday, September 13, 2008 | 6:22 p.m. CDT
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