Judge Orders a $200 Million Deposit for Chatsworth Train Crash Compensation

However, the federal judge in charge of the case has yet to decide if he will approve the settlement.

In the meantime, Judge George H. Wu ordered Monday that the money be deposited by Oct. 20.

September 12th, 2008, a Metrolink train heading to Ventura County crashed head-on with a Union Pacific freight train in Chatsworth, killing 25 people and injuring 125 more.

The National Transportation Safety Board earlier this year found that the engineer, who died in the accident, was texting when he ran a red light warning him not to proceed down the single-track section.

$200 million is the federal cap on passenger rail accidents.