Bloody Fingers, the 2008 Metrolink Chatsworth accident

On September 12, 2008, a Metrolink commuter train collided head-on with a freight train in Chatsworth, California, killing 25 people. One of the victims was Charles Peck, who died instantly on impact. In the hours after the crash, Peck’s family began receiving repeated calls from his cellphone. Each call went to voicemail and contained only silence. This led rescuers to believe he might still be alive, and they used the phone signal to search the wreckage. When Peck’s body was later recovered, i

The Deadly Metrolink Crash of 2008: A Tragic Commuter Disaster