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“A car on the train tracks caused an East LA Metro train to derail”

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I like hearing the important part first, here being “train derails”

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Fair enough but establishing a causative form is critical here. As written, the train is to blame for striking the car in the same way a car is to blame for striking the pedestrian.

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