Everyone on board CTA Yellow Line train injured in crash
The train crashed into a snow plow on the tracks near the Howard terminal Thursday morning. CBS 2's Noel Brennan reports.
The train crashed into a snow plow on the tracks near the Howard terminal Thursday morning. CBS 2's Noel Brennan reports.
From Chopper 2, Kris Habermehl explains what first responders had to go through to get to the 38 injured people on the train.
The people injured in the Yellow Line accident Thursday morning ranged in age from 2 to 72 years old. CBS 2's Sabrina Franza reports.
The train hit a piece of snow-fighting equipment on the tracks near the Howard terminal, and everyone onboard was injured. CBS 2's Noel Brennan reports.
DePaul University transportation expert Joe Schwieterman has insight on the dangerous curve where the train collided with a snow-removal machine, and questions about why the motorman did not stop for the machine on the tracks.
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The southbound No. J14 Jeffery Jump bus was serving the Columbus/Roosevelt stop when it was struck from behind, police said.
A total of 38 people were injured, and 23 of them were taken to hospitals. CBS 2's Noel Brennan reports.
A Yellow Line train hit a piece of snow removal equipment at the Howard rail yard along its route.
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