40 injured as commuter train crashes into rail equipment in Chicago
The Chicago Transit Authority train crashed into snow-removal equipment just before 10.35 am on the city’s North Side near the station
Chicago: Atleast 40 people were injured as commuter train crashes into rail equipment in Chicago on Thursday morning.
The Chicago Fire Department said the Chicago Transit Authority train crashed into snow-removal equipment just before 10.35 am on the city’s North Side near the Howard CTA station.
The Yellow Line train carrying 31 commuters and seven CTA workers was heading south from Skokie when it collided with the slower-moving rail equipment, said Robert Jurewicz, the Chicago Fire Department’s second district chief, as reported by ap news.
Around thirty-eight people, including four children, were injured. Of which twenty-three were taken to area hospitals and three of those injured were in critical condition, although no one suffered life-threatening injuries, said Keith Gray, assistant deputy chief paramedic. Atleast 15 ambulances were sent to the accident site.
The train’s operator was among the most seriously hurt, the Chicago Sun-Times reported.
The cause of the crash remains under investigation. Train service on CTA’s Red, Purple, and Yellow lines had been temporarily suspended due to the crash.
(Input from Agencies)
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