Metro Gold Line Still Out A Day After FedEx Truck Crash

PASADENA, CA — The Metro Gold Line remained partially disabled in the Pasadena area Friday morning, and a bus bridge was being provided between the Memorial Park and Allen Station even though one of two closed tracks was reopened.

Metro spokesman Rick Jager said one track reopened about 7:10 a.m., and trains were alternating through the area on the single track. It was unknown when the second track would be reopened, he said. Bus bridges remained in place through the area, he said.

The Gold Line disruptions began around 1:20 a.m. Thursday, when a Fedex big rig crashed into a disabled car on the westbound Foothill (210) Freeway near North Lake Avenue in Pasadena, and one of its two trailers went through a median and ended up on Metro Gold Line tracks, prompting rail service disruptions and freeway lane closures.

Jager said the wreckage ended up on two sets of Metro Gold Line tracks, blocking rail traffic near the Lake Station and damaging overhead lines that power the trains, along with the lines' supports.

City News Service; (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)