Glendale Train Derailment

Two Metrolink commuter trains derailed in the Los Angeles suburb of Glendale in the early morning of Jan. 26, 2005. At least 11 people were killed and about 200 others were injured.

The accident happened when a Metrolink commuter train struck a vehicle, derailed and sideswiped another train, authorities said. A Compton, Calif., man will face homicide charges in the incident. Police in the Los Angeles suburb say the suicidal driver parked his SUV on the tracks, but changed his mind about dying and jumped out of the vehicle.

The scene of the derailment, Jan. 26, 2005, in Glendale, Calif.

Emergency personnel attend to an injured person following a commuter train accident, Jan. 26, 2005, in Los Angeles.

A firefighter attends to an injured victim at a triage center near the site of the commuter train accident, Jan. 26, 2005, in Los Angeles.

Emergency personnel attend to an injured victim following the commuter train accident, Jan. 26, 2005, in Los Angeles.

Investigators examine the wreckage from a train derailment, Jan. 26, 2005, in Glendale, Calif.

Emergency personnel attend to an injured victim following the commuter train accident, Jan. 26, 2005, in Los Angeles.

Firefighters enter an overturned commuter train following the accident, Jan. 26, 2005, in Los Angeles.

Firefighters examine the wreckage from a train derailment Jan. 26, 2005, in Glendale, Calif.

Investigators examine the wreckage from the train derailment, Jan. 26, 2005, in Glendale, Calif.

Firefighters prepare to transport a train crash victim who attempts to make a cell phone call, Jan. 26, 2005, in Glendale, Calif.

A rear axel, believed to be part of the SUV left on a crossing by a suicidal man, Jan. 26, 2005, is seen in the foreground at the site of a commuter train accident in Glendale, Calif., as officials in the background investigate.

An unidentified victim awaits medical attention at a triage center near the site of a commuter train accident, Jan. 26, 2005, in Los Angeles.

Rail cars derailed in a crash are shown in this aerial photo taken in Glendale, Calif., Jan. 26, 2005.

Emergency personnel walk past the wreckage following a commuter train accident, Jan. 26, 2005, in Glendale, Calif.

An unidentified passenger (not shown) who was injured in a train derailment Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2005, allegedly wrote on the bottom of his seat with his own blood "I Love My Kids" after being injured in the crash in Glendale, Calif.

Emergency personnel remove a body from the wreckage following a commuter train accident, Jan. 26, 2005, in Glendale, Calif.

Fire department personnel survey the wreckage of a train crash in Glendale, Calif., Jan. 26, 2005.

Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca, center, and Los Angeles County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky, right, tour the wreckage following a commuter train accident, Jan. 26, 2005, in Los Angeles.