Train crash driver wanted an 'horrific tragedy'

A man accused of killing 11 people by parking his truck in a Los Angeles commuter train’s path intended to get his estranged wife’s attention by causing “a horrific tragedy,” not to kill himself as originally thought, police said.

Train crash driver wanted an 'horrific tragedy'

A man accused of killing 11 people by parking his truck in a Los Angeles commuter train’s path intended to get his estranged wife’s attention by causing “a horrific tragedy,” not to kill himself as originally thought, police said.

They also said Juan Manuel Alvarez told them he had poured petrol on his Jeep before the train hit it last month.

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