(Trains Collide)....It happened early Thursday morning.
At just before 3:00 am, a Union Pacific train pulling 166 cars collided into the back of a parked train. County Fire Chief Estrada said it happened about 6 miles North of Bombay Beach. The Engineer of the moving train and his assistant both suffered fatal injuries. The Chief said four train cars derailed. Estrada said an Amtrac Train full of passengers was in the area but was not involved in the incident. The cause of the collision is under investigation. The names of the fatail injury victims have not been released