Glendale crash blamed on engineer error

The 2005 Metrolink train crash that killed 11 people in Glendale could have been avoided if the engineer hadn't failed to apply the emergency brakes earlier, attorneys for some of the victims said Thursday.Brandon Lowrey in the Daily News.

"Engineers have testified that had he done what he should have, no derailment would have occurred," said attorney Jerome Ringler, adding that the engineer should have applied the brakes between 11 seconds and 22 seconds earlier than he did.

He and attorney Brian Panish are representing two victims' families in a lawsuit against Metrolink set for trial in June in which they claim the train agency is at fault for the crash because the engineer did not act quickly enough and the train was being pushed by the engine, rather than pulled.