Via LA Times: "A Metrolink train and a freight train collided in Chatsworth today, causing several cars to derail and starting a blaze." KNBC reporting two dead, but that number may rise. A spokesperson for Metrolink tells KNBC says that there may have been as many as 330 passengers on the train. UPDATE: ABC7 has photos and videos. UPDATE: Now 4 dead, according to New York Times. UPDATE: Flickr photos of the crash. UPDATE: The numbers keep rising...LA Times now saying 7...that figure seems likely to rise. UPDATE: LA Times' latest story: "The number of fatalities makes this the deadliest Metrolink crash in the history of the Los Angeles area's commuter railroad." UPDATE: LAist.com is also on the scene and posting photos.
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