Forensics/Current Event #1 9/15/08
Wald, Matthew L., "Cause Is Offered, but Questions Linger for Inquiry ." The New York Times 13 Sep. 2008: A33. 14 Sep. 2008
Last Friday, there was a terrible train crash in Los Angeles. It was told that an engineer in control of the train went through a red light. It caused for a horrific collision. There are many workmen that will be looking further into the unfortunate event and investigate the reason for the conductor for missing the red light. There were many numerous possibilities as to what might have caused for the accident, but it has yet to be looked into. The remaining crew members are subjected to forensic toxicology tests to detect signs of impairment from drugs.
After having read the article, I realized how things can happen at the most unexpected moment of any day and that we have to always be prepared. It comes to show that there should be a way of knowing what’s going on with the conductor in order to assure the safety of all the passengers if it be that something out of the blue happens to the conductor that could put the lives of many in danger or to their death.
The article was shocking, it wasn’t the first time that I’ve heard of a train accident, but it was interesting to read that they are planning to use forensics toxicology to investigate further on the incident. Overall, the article was interesting, yet upsetting.
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Three aspects of this review that were very well presented were the seriousness of the accident, the involvement of the forensic scientists, and what took place. Two suggestions on how it could have been better are that the review could have gone into more detail about what soecifically the forensic teams did, and what they felt about the operators of the train possibly under the influence of drugs. One thing I learned from this was that forensic involvement is all over the place, even in places where it is not expected to be.
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