The September 12th train accident that caused the death of 25 people and the injury of another 130 is marked by confusion as eye witnesses claim the Veolia train caught a green light before crushing into a freight train. On the other hand, company officials state that the light was red and that the train engineer Robert Sanches, who was killed in the collision, was distracted at the time.

The lack of reliable information regarding the devastating crash is only causing more tension as mourning families are entitled to know what really happened.

In an official statement, Veolia Transportation said that they are deeply grieved by the unfortunate event and that it will do whatever necessary to improve safety on the public transportation rails.

The accident in Los Angeles only proves to show the slow adaptation of the European company to the American transportation system. A debate concerning the necessary measures needed for preventing such accidents from happening is much needed, this event highlighting obvious flaws in the public transportation system.

More funding is needed in order for the latest equipments and technology to be implemented and successfully used to prevent further accidents from happening. Veolia Transportation stated that safety has been and will always be the main concern and will take all the necessary steps to improve in this matter even further.

Even so, the fact is that human error will always be a factor of great importance in these kind of matters and this cannot be denied. Public transportation is very important as it is used daily by thousands of people and such tragic events only pose the question of their reliability. Efforts are made to improve safety as Congress acted on a reform aimed at safety on rail systems in the U.S.