Dominick Fravola was the brakeman on board the Union Pacific freight train that was struck by Metrolink #111 on September 12th. According to cbs2.com, Fravola's attorney "says his client suffered a puncture wound, a concussion and psychological trauma," and that he and his wife are filing suit against Metrolink, Veolia Transportation and Connex Railroad (the companies that provide Metrolink with engineers) because "the defendants allowed dangerous conditions to persist." In the wake of the crash,......

From before 6:00 a.m. to about 9:00 p.m. (with a four and a half hour nap in between), Metrolink Engineers have a very long day, CBS2/KCAL9 found in an investigative report. And that's not even adding in their commute times.......

After the National Transportation Safety Board heard that teenagers were claiming Metrolink Engineer Robert Sanchez was texting with them moments before the crash, they subpoenaed his cell phone records but were wary saying a similar claim in a Boston crash was made and ended up being false. But these claims were true the NTSB announced on Wednesday night. They did not say if it was the cause of the collision, but did say he was......

At 4:22 p.m., one minute before the crash, the Metrolink train engineer sent a text to a teenage friend, a fellow rail enthusiast, about where the train would meet another passenger train, according to CBS2 News. While the engineer who died in the collision has not been identified by officials, the teens said he is Robert Sanchez and despite Metrolink's claims that he was at fault, his friends said "he would 'never' have been reckless......

"Metrolink officials said an engineer on the Metrolink train that collided with a freight train ignored a signal telling him to stop," reported the LA Times. "Had the engineer stopped, the accident would not have occurred, said Metrolink spokeswoman Denise Tyrrell. 'We want to be honest in our appraisal,' she said." The engineer, who worked for a subcontractor that has been used by Metrolink since 1998, did not survive the crash.......