Over the course of the last week and a half I have been involved in several conversations with sources close to the Metrolink investigation. One particular conversation includes the revelation that video from the engine of the Union Pacific freight train survived the crash and as investigators watched that video I am told, “you couldn’t see his face.” The quote referring to the engineer Robert Sanchez, killed in the crash and someone who had been texting up to 22 seconds or so before the deadly collision. I am also told investigators are still “extremely concerned” about the content of Sanchez’s text messages that day and early evening. Investigators are not only troubled by the text’s sent to the teenage boys at the train station (documented in previous reports), but also messages sent to at least one other Metrolink employee. This comes as some witnesses say they saw green lights at the Chatsworth Station just a few minutes before the train left and ultimately collided with the Union Pacific train.Hmmm. If the content of the messages is troubling, could this have been a suicide after all? Or could those message have indicated that the engineer was having some kind health issue?
I hope they release the transcript of those messages soon.
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