Coroner says more bodies in LA train wreckage
Raquel Maria DillonA Los Angeles County coroner's official says several more bodies remain in the wreckage of the Los Angeles commuter train that collided with a freight train in addition to the 18 confirmed deaths already announced.
Assistant coroner's chief Ed Winter said Saturday that recovery crews still have not been able to get into the lower level of a mangled two-level Metrolink passenger car but they can see several bodies.
Winter says those bodies are not included in the 18 deaths officials announced earlier in the day.
The Metrolink commuter train collided head-on with a freight train Friday afternoon in the Chatsworth area of the San Fernando Valley.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — The mayor of Los Angeles says 18 people have been confirmed dead in the collision of a commuter train and freight train.
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa said Saturday that the number of injured remains at 135, with 81 people in hospitals.
Fire official Mario Rueda says the likelihood of anyone remaining alive in the tangled wreckage of the two trains is very remote.
The trains collided Friday afternoon in the Chatsworth area of the San Fernando Valley.