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Cause Of Los Angeles Train Crash Debated

Authorities say a commuter train's engineer missed a signal light and his MetroLink train crashed head-on with a freight train in the San Fernando Valley community of Chatsworth. But a union representing rail workers raised the possibility that the signal malfunctioned.

Friday's crash killed 25 people and injured as many as 135.

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