Chatsworth Metrolink Crash
A database of fatalities from the Sept. 12, 2008, train collision.
Click an image for more about one of the 25 identified fatalities.
Christopher Aiken, 38
Thousand Oaks
Dennis Arnold, 75
Camarillo
Alan Buckley, 59
Simi Valley
Spree DeSha, 35
Simi Valley
Walter A. Fuller, 54
Simi Valley
Ronald G. Grace, 55
Simi Valley
Michael Hammersley, 45
Simi Valley
Jacob Hefter, 18
Palmdale
Chen-Wyuan Kari Hsieh, 18
Newhall
Ernest "Pete" Kish, 47
Thousand Oaks
Gregory Lintner, 48
Simi Valley
Manuel Acosta Macias Jr., 31
Santa Paula
Aida Magdaleno, 19
Camarillo
Beverly Mosley, 57
Moorpark
Charles Peck, 49
Salt Lake City
Howard Pompel, 69
Moorpark
Donna Lynn Remata, 49
Simi Valley
Robert Martin Sanchez, 46
La Crescenta
Doyle Souser, 56
Camarillo
Roger Spacey, 60
Simi Valley
Maria Elena Villalobos, 18
Moorpark
Atul Vyas, 20
Simi Valley
Keep in mind
- The Times initially mispelled the name of Michael Hammersley and Beverly Mosley.
- The coroner's office reported a 26th victim the afternoon of Sept. 15, but a few hours later said the tally was 25.
Reader tributes
Little can express the shock and disbelief that such an individual could ever be taken at such a point in his life. Atul was a brilliant and great guy who I had the privilege of knowing throughout high school. Even though we may not have kept in touch in subsequent years, I always expected that we would inevitably cross paths again as we both proceeded along our medical careers, one in which I knew he was bound to achieve whatever he set out to accomplish. My prayers go out to him as well as his parents and brother who are also amazing individuals.