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Metrolink engineer texted about rides that day

By Kevin Roderick | March 3, 2009 1:42 PM

Among the texts that engineer Robert Sanchez sent before the fatal crash in Chatsworth last September were messages arranging to let enthusiasts ride in the cab later that evening. Details came out at the NTSB hearing today in Washington.

Previously on LA Observed:
Metrolink engineer let teens ride along

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