A Compton Dumb ass who caused the largest Metrolink disaster to date by staging a fake suicide to gain the sympathy of his wife is finally tried . It seems that in the past he used fake suicide attempts to get her back. Three years ago he parked his Jeep on the train tracks and ran out of the way. The Jeep derailed the train killing 11 passengers. The train cars wreck is pictured below as it is transported.

His plan did however work, he now has his wife back and probably her sympathy since he is facing Life in Prison on 11 counts of murder.

The Jeep / train wreck from the LA Times - A Compton man willfully caused a deadly commuter train wreck three years ago in an extreme, but apparently successful, attempt to regain the affections of his estranged wife, prosecutors said Monday.

“He needed to do something big to get her attention,” prosecutor Cathryn Brougham said during opening statements in the trial of Juan Manuel Alvarez, who on Jan. 26, 2005, parked his vehicle over railway tracks and fled minutes before it was hit by an oncoming Metrolink train.

The prosecution accused Alvarez of conducting a “pretend suicide” similar to several such acts he had allegedly committed in the past.

“He would use these pretend suicide attempts throughout his life in order to get attention, sympathy and pity,” Brougham said.

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hey, just found this… haha, a year or 2 too late, but great train wreck pics none-the-less.

There has been a train derailment in Washington, DC. It is on the CSX tracks over the Anacostia River. DC Fire & EMS Operations Chief Lawrence Schultz said about 10 cars, of an approximately 90 car coal train, have derailed, with at least 6 of the cars falling off the bridge into the river. There are no reports of injuries. A command post has been set up at the skating rink in Anacostia Park on the east side of the river.

Early reports indicate this may involve a runaway train, or portion of a train, but Chief Schultz could not confirm that information.

Chief Schultz, speaking at a 5:00 p.m. press conference, said the first units on the scene, shortly after 3:00 p.m., were the department’s fire boats. Schultz said, for the first half-hour, firefighters searched for possible victims. After consulting with CSX, it was determined there were no victims. Firefighters made sure the train on the west side of the bridge was secure and also placed about one-thousand feet of booms in the river on both sides of the bridge.

Schultz reports there is a sheen on the water that is petroleum based and speculates it might be some sort of brake oil. No locomotives derailed.

There is concern for the structural stability of the bridge. Chief Schultz said as soon as possible, they hope to give the okay to move some of the undamaged cars off of the bridge to reduce the weight on the span. Federal and local transportation officials are on the scene.

This same railroad bridge was shut down for a while late last year so CSX could repair structural problems. Also, the track and signaling in that area, and through nearby Benning Yard, have recently been upgraded.

check out the train wreck from DC video 

Well, it’s not like they didn’t warn the moose, or tried to sneak up on it! The dumb ass Moose just wouldn’t freakin move! Moose Wreck… Hope he’s got good insurance, or didn’t have any expensive Lasik Eye Surgery done recently, because if he did, it’s all for nothing. Basically because I think his eyes are somewhere of in the woods as it was squashed like a grape! Why didn’t the Moose move?