Accidents
Several accidents have occurred on the Riverside Line since its inception. On December 30, 1993, around 6:15 pm, a pedestrian was killed in a collision with a Metrolink train near Bon View Avenue and Mission Boulevard (adjacent to Ontario International Airport).
In 1997, a 95-year-old, hearing-impaired man was hit and killed by a train as he crossed the Riverside Line. At 5:33 am on January 30, 2003, a clinically depressed 37-year-old man was killed in a Metrolink train collision at City of Industry rail crossing, in a suicide.
On March 9, 2005, a Union Pacific train crashed near Fullerton Road and Railroad Street, derailing 21 rail cars and disrupting Metrolink service on the Riverside Line. The crash was caused by a broken track.
On December 13, 2006, at 4:40 p.m., a Metrolink train struck a man standing on the tracks near the Pomona Freeway and 7th Avenue, between Metrolink's Montebello/Commerce and Industry stations.
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