Cell phone records revealed that train engineer Robert Sanchez sent a text message 22 seconds before driving through a red light and crashing into an oncoming train.
The crash of the Metrolink commuter train killed 25 people including Sanchez.
The National Transportation Safety Boar revealed the engineer received 21 text messages and sent 24 during over his two hour morning shift.
Sanchez who was gay was messaging teenage boys who liked trains before the crash.
The finding led Federal Railroad Administrator Joseph H. Boardman to announce an emergency order prohibiting use of personal electronic devices by rail workers operating trains and in other key jobs. The order must be published in the Federal Register to take effect. Spokesman Rob Kulat said that would happen “soon.” California regulators have already enacted a ban.
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