The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) opened the public docket Monday, as part of its ongoing investigation of a 2015 Oxnard, California, Metrolink commuter train accident.
The docket contains more than 2,200 pages of information including factual group reports, interviews, photographs, and other investigative materials.
The accident happened Feb. 24, 2015, at about 5:44 a.m., when a commuter train carrying 51 passengers and three crewmembers, collided with a 2005 Ford F450 utility service truck towing a two-axle utility trailer. The truck driver had turned right from South Rice Avenue onto the Union Pacific Railroad (UP) track, and the truck became lodged on the track 80 feet west of the grade crossing. The train consisted of a cab/coach car in the lead, three coach cars, and a locomotive at the rear. Thirty-two people aboard the train were injured, the train engineer died. The truck driver exited his vehicle and ran from the scene prior to the crash; he sustained minor injuries that were unrelated to the crash sequence.