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A Chicago commuter train collided with rail equipment Thursday morning, injuring nearly 40 people, some of them critically, fire officials said. The Chicago Transit Authority train crashed into ...
More than 20 people have been injured after a commuter train in Chicago collided with rail equipment. Some of those injured are in critical condition, according to fire officials. The Chicago Fire ...
In Thursday's crash, the CTA train was heading south from Skokie when it rear-ended the snow-removal equipment on Chicago's North Side. Thirty-eight people were hurt; 23 were taken to area hospitals.
Following the incident, service on the Yellow Line was fully closed and replaced with bus service, initially announced to be for a period of five days. [7] Following the release of the NTSB's preliminary report, the CTA announced that it would reduce the speed limit on the Yellow Line from 55 mph (89 km/h) to 35 mph (56 km/h), and to 25 mph (40 km/h) in the area where the crash occurred. [15]
A collision between two commuter trains in Chicago occurred during the cloudy morning rush hour on October 30, 1972, and was the worst such crash in Chicago's history. Illinois Central Gulf Train 416, made up of newly purchased Highliners , overshot the 27th Street station on what is now the Metra Electric Line , and the engineer asked and ...
1963 Chualar bus crash, Chualar, California; 32 killed plus 25 injured. Remains the deadliest U.S. traffic accident to date and California's deadliest to involve a train; also one of a series of events that led to closer scrutiny of migrant labor conditions and fueled the emergence of the chicano and farmworkers labor movements [179] [180]
Federal safety officials said Friday they have launched an investigation into a Chicago commuter train crash that injured nearly 40 people but they're likely more than a year away from releasing ...
1976 Beckemeyer train accident; 2023 Chicago train crash; B. 1999 Bourbonnais, Illinois, train crash; C. 1972 Chicago commuter rail crash; 1977 Chicago Loop ...