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The Feb. 24 crash in Oxnard, California, occurred when a
train operated by the Metrolink agency struck a Ford pickup
truck. The collision flipped over three double-decker Metrolink
rail cars, derailed two others and tore apart the pickup.
Oxnard police spokesman Miguel Lopez identified the train
engineer as Glenn Steele and said he died at Cedars-Sinai
Medical Center in Los Angeles. Lopez could not immediately give
a cause of death, saying only that an investigation into the
crash continues.
Steele was transferred in critical condition last week from
Ventura County Medical Center to another hospital for more
specialized care, a spokeswoman for the Ventura hospital said at
the time, without naming the other facility.
Jose Alejandro Sanchez-Ramirez, a driver who was taken into
custody after his truck was hit by the commuter train, was
released from jail on Thursday after prosecutors declined to
file criminal charges, citing a need for further investigation.
Authorities have said Sanchez-Ramirez had driven 80 feet (24
meters) onto the railroad tracks after making a wrong turn in
the pre-dawn darkness.
(Police correct spelling of engineer's name to Glenn, from Glen,
in paragraph 3)
(Reporting by Alex Dobuzinskis in Los Angeles and Dan Levine in
San Francisco; Editing by Lisa Lambert)
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