This story kinda got pushed aside last night with the hurricane approaching. What a tragedy.

A freight train collided with a rush-hour commuter train in Los Angeles on Friday evening, killing at least 17 people and injuring scores of others, many of them critically. The crash was potentially the deadliest accident in the history of the Southern California commuter trains.

The commuter train originated in downtown Los Angeles.
The accident happened in the Chatsworth area of the San Fernando Valley, north of downtown Los Angeles, just before 4:30 p.m. Pacific time.

More at the New York Times