First Lawsuit to be Filed in Metrolink Disaster

With 25 people dead and more than 100 injured, last Friday afternoon's train disaster outside of Los Angeles ranks as the deadliest involving the Metrolink commuter rail system. On Tuesday, relatives of one of the 25 killed said they will sue the commuter rail system.

Juan Magdeleno, brother of 19-year-old Aida Magdeleno, who was killed when the commuter train and a freight train met head on, said he is holding Metrolink accountable.

Twenty-four bodies were discovered at the crash site after the Metrolink train hit head-on into a freight train in suburban Los Angeles at about 4:30 p.m. PT Friday. A 25th person died later at a hospital.

Metrolink reported a day after the crash that it appeared its engineer -- reportedly Robert Martin Sanchez, 46 -- had failed to heed a stop signal.

The National Transportation Safety Board reported it is looking into reports that Sanchez -- who was killed in the wreck -- sent text messages on his cell phone shortly before the crash happened. Metrolink prohibits train operators from using cell phones or other electronic devices while on duty.

The NTSB has subpoenaed records from Verizon Wireless, according to an NTSB spokeswoman. The agency said it spoke with two teenagers who informed a local television station they were exchanging text messages with Sanchez just before the crash occurred.