A Metrolink train and a freight train scraped each other around noon on Thursday in Rialto, but no serious injuries were immediately reported.
The Metrolink train, number 306, was going east, leaving Union Station for San Bernardino. The Burlington Northern Santa Fe freight train was going west, crossing in the area of Lilac Avenue.
"No matter what happened it's not acceptable," said Keith Millhouse, the vice president of the Metrolink Board and a Moorpark City Councilman. "We'll have to figure this out. I have a zero tolerance for any type of incident, no matter how minor it is."
So far, the Rialto Police Dept. says, there are "no major injuries."
Five of the 15 people on the Metrolink train say they're in pain and paramedics are attending to them. The three or four people on the freight train are not saying they're in pain, said Lt. Joe Cirilo.
He said officials do not yet know how the accident happened.
“It’s ongoing,” he said.
It looks like somebody ran a red signal resulting in one train catching part of the other at a siding switch. Lots of investigation yet to come.
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