LOS ANGELES -- Tragedy has struck the Los Angeles Police Department and others in the area. A train wreck killed 10 people, including a member of the LAPD.
A communter train carrying 222 people collided head-on with a freight train during the friday afternoon rush. More than 100 people have been injured and an unknown number of others have been trapped in a passenger car crushed by its own engine.
Fire Chief Dennis Barry says firefighters are still in the "rescue and extrication phase," hours after the collision. He says heavy equipment is coming in to wrench the trains apart.
Assistant Police Chief James McDonnell says one of the dead is a Los Angeles police officer.
The cause of the collision is under investigation. It isn't clear how the two trains ended up heading toward each other on the same track.
There is a siding nearby where one train can wait for another to pass. An engineering expert says the stretch of train has had a reputation for trouble.
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa says it's the worst accident he's ever seen.
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