Prosecutors holding off on charges in Calif. train crash

REUTERS

10 years ago

No charges will be filed at this time against truck driver Jose Alejandro Sanchez-Ramirez in connection with the truck-train crash in Oxnard, California, on Feb. 24, 2015. (Reuters/Oxnard Police Department)

An aerial view shows the scene of a double-decker Metrolink train derailment in Oxnard, California February 24, 2015. A Los Angeles-bound commuter train slammed into a tractor trailer stopped on the tracks in Oxnard, California, during the morning rush hour on Tuesday, injuring more than 30 people, some of them seriously, authorities said. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson (UNITED STATES – Tags: DISASTER TRANSPORT)

An aerial view shows the scene of a double-decker Metrolink train derailment in Oxnard, California, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2015. A Los Angeles-bound commuter train slammed into a tractor-trailer stopped on the tracks during the morning rush hour, injuring more than 30 people, some of them seriously, authorities said. (Reuters/Lucy Nicholson)

VENTURA, Calif. — The truck driver whose vehicle was struck by a Southern California commuter train, triggering a wreck in which 50 people were hurt, will not be charged at this time in connection with the derailment, Ventura County prosecutors said on Thursday.

“District Attorney Gregory D. Totten announced today that no charges will be filed at this time against Jose Alejandro Sanchez-Ramirez in connection with the Feb. 24, 2015, Metrolink grade-crossing collision and train derailment in Oxnard, California,” the Ventura County District Attorney’s Office said in a statement.