About 110 passengers were evacuated from a Metrolink train headed from Riverside to Los Angeles after the train struck a car lodged on the tracks near Glen Avon this morning.
Police are searching for two men who were seen pushing a Toyota Corolla eastbound on Jurupa Road across the tracks shortly after 7 a.m. The two men fled the scene when the train arrived, said California Highway Patrol officer Miguel Guerrero.
The passenger side of the car became lodged under underneath the front of the train.
California Highway Patrol officers, Union Pacific police and the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Metrolink division are investigating the crash.
Trains are continuing to travel along an adjacent track.
About 50 of the passengers were put on a bus that returned to Riverside. The rest continued to LA on aboard a second train that was brought to the site.
The two who abandoned the car could face hit-and-run charges, said CHP Sgt. Taylor Cooper.
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
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