Judge George Wu has yet to sign the the settlement deal.
(The following story appeared on the KTLA website on September 14, 2010.)
Los Angeles — Metrolink and Connex Railroad have been ordered to deposit $200 million into a victims’ compensation account for the 2008 commuter train crash that killed 25 people and injured dozens of others.
However, the federal judge in charge of the case has yet to decide if he will approve the settlement.
In the meantime, Judge George H. Wu ordered Monday that the money be deposited by Oct. 20.
September 12th, 2008, a Metrolink train heading to Ventura County crashed head-on with a Union Pacific freight train in Chatsworth, killing 25 people and injuring 125 more.
The National Transportation Safety Board earlier this year found that the engineer, who died in the accident, was texting when he ran a red light warning him not to proceed down the single-track section.
$200 million is the federal cap on passenger rail accidents.