2015 Los Angeles train crash

The 2015 Los Angeles train crash occurred on the morning of March 28, 2015 when an Expo Line light rail train collided with a silver Hyundai Sonata at Exposition Boulevard and Vermont Avenue near the University of Southern California (USC) in Los Angeles. The train hit the car at a traffic signal which was located between the school and the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Both vehicles were eastbound at the time when the car turned toward the school gate at which time it was hit by the train. The car landed between a pole and the train. The first two of the train's four cars partially derailed, but all four cars remained upright. The derailment occurred by the rose garden of Exposition Park. 10 of whom were hospitalized. The driver of the Hyundai, a graduate production student at the USC School of Cinematic Arts, was critically injured. The train engineer was hospitalized in serious condition, but later released. The other 19 injuries were not considered to be life threatening.
At least 18 accidents have occurred involving Metro trains in the year before this accident, with many of them occurring along the Expo and Blue Lines. The Expo Line connects Los Angeles with Culver City, while the Blue Line connects Los Angeles with Long Beach, and shares surface street traffic with private vehicles. The accident "affected the USC community but also invited a heated, city-wide debate over the current Metro system layout and safety".