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ABC NewsA train operator at the helm during a deadly collision last month sent 29 text messages while on the job that day -- including one just 22 seconds before the crash, the National Transportation Safety Board announced Wednesday.
Cell phone records examined by the safety board indicate that the Metrolink engineer was sending text messages on both his morning and evening shift the day of the accident.
The September 12 train crash killed 25 commuters in California and left many other people injured when the Metrolink train collided head-on with a Union Pacific train.
The morning of the collision, the operator sent 24 messages and received 21 in just over two hours, records now reveal. Back at work later that day, the train operator received seven more text messages and sent five more, including one less than 25 seconds before the crash, the NTSB found.
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