Section 218.1 Of Chapter 5. Attempts To Kill From California Penal Code >> Title 8. >> Part 1. >> Chapter 5.
218.1
. Any person who unlawfully and with gross negligence places
or causes to be placed any obstruction upon or near the track of any
railroad that proximately results in either the damaging or derailing
of any passenger, freight, or other train, or injures a rail
passenger or employee, shall be punished by imprisonment pursuant to
subdivision (h) of Section 1170 for two, three, or four years, or by
imprisonment in a county jail for not more than one year, or by a
fine not to exceed two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500), or by
both that imprisonment and fine.