South Shore Line Train Derails Outside Millennium Station; 4 Hospitalized
CHICAGO (CBS) -- A South Shore Line train derailed outside Millennium Station Saturday morning sending four people to the hospital.
The train experienced a "slow speed, minor derailment" as it entered the station on Metra tracks, according to a tweet from the South Shore Line.
Train 600 was due into the station around 7 a.m. when it derailed, according to South Shore Line President Mike Noland. The head car was about 50 feet from the start of the platform. The third car was going over a switch point when it derailed, causing the second car to tilt.
The train was going about 7 mph at the time.
Westbound Train 600 experienced a low-speed, minor derailment on Metra tracks while entering the South Shore Line depot. Passengers will be unloaded, and further information will be provided as it becomes available.
— South Shore Line (@southshoreline) February 22, 2020
Four adults -- three passengers and one crew member -- were transported to Northwestern hospital in good condition, according to Noland. There were 74 passengers on board.
South Shore Line passengers will board and detrain at the Metra Depot northwest of the South Shore Line platform.
Due to an earlier minor derailment outside of Millennium Station, South Shore Line train passengers (beginning with EB Train 503) will temporarily board/detrain at the Metra Depot (Tr 503 on Track 3), which is located northwest of the SSL platform.
— South Shore Line (@southshoreline) February 22, 2020
Updates to come.
Trains were moving with minimal delays by 10:30 a.m.