On Saturday, August 12, 2006 at 8:50 p.m., two Companies of Los Angeles firefighters, seven LAFD rescue ambulances, one EMS Battalion Captain, one battalion chief officer command team, under the direction of Battalion Chief Timothy Ernst responded to a traffic accident involving a Blueline Train and a passenger car.

First units reported that a Blueline Train had collided with a private vehicle with two occupants. Firefighters quickly initiated rapid triage, starting with the automobile's passengers and concluding with all individuals on the train. The vehicle's occupants sustained moderate injuries, a total of seven patients were treated and transported to local area hospitals.