2 weeks after crash, no timeline for when Yellow Line service resumes
About 1,500 people rely on the Yellow Line every day, according to the CTA. But when will those people be back on a train car?
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About 1,500 people rely on the Yellow Line every day, according to the CTA. But when will those people be back on a train car?
It's been two weeks with no CTA Yellow Line trains running, with service still suspended after a train hit snow removal equipment, injuring 38 people. It was originally thought service would be restored within days of the incident, but trains were still not running this week. CBS 2's Tara Molina looked into what was going on.
The CTA said it is working with the National Transportation Safety Board to determine a date for reopening the Yellow Line.
This brings the total number of lawsuits to four. All were filed by the Clifford Law Offices.
The National Transportation Safety Board said a design problem was to blame for a crash involving Chicago Transit Authority train that injured 38 people. Could other CTA trains have the same problem? CBS 2 Investigator Megan Hickey reports.
Meanwhile, investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board believe a design flaw in the train is to blame for the crash that injured 38 people last week. CBS 2 Investigator Megan Hickey reports.
During a press conference on Saturday afternoon, Jennifer Homendy, the chair of the National Transportation Safety Board, said the investigation team determined the design problem made it so the breaking distance the train had was 1,780 feet, about 1,000 feet shorter than newer systems.
Federal investigators said the CTA Yellow Line crash that resulted in dozens of injuries might have happened because of a design problem that prevented the train from stopping before striking snow equipment on the tracks.
The chair of the NTSB said the Yellow Line train was traveling at 26.9 miles per hour at the time of the collision with the snow fighter locomotive.
Federal investigators said the CTA Yellow Line crash that resulted in dozens of injuries might have happened because of a design problem that prevented the train from stopping before striking snow equipment on the tracks.
Federal investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board were in Chicago Friday, trying to make sense of what caused a CTA Yellow Line train to crash near the Howard terminal in Rogers Park.
The mother's toddlers were first-ever train ride from Skokie Thursday, and it turned to chaos. CBS 2's Jermont Terry reports.
National Transportation Safety Board investigators have begun their investigation into a Yellow Line crash that left everyone onboard injured Thursday. CBS 2's Noel Brennan reports.
National Transportation Safety Board investigators are probing an incident in which a Yellow Line train hit a snow plow on the tracks, leaving everyone on the train injured. CBS 2's Noel Brennan reports.
National Transportation Safety Board Chair Jennifer Homendy has a breakdown into the early stages of the investigation into the train crash that injured 38 people Thursday.
Neither the Yellow Line train nor the snowplow it struck Thursday have been moved since the accident, and Yellow Line service remains suspended – as it has been since the accident happened. CBS 2's Noel Brennan reports.
Attorneys said they hope that filing these lawsuits will force the CTA to be forthcoming with everyone about what went wrong on the Yellow Line.
It comes from Clifford Law Offices. They're now representing at least two victims. The latest claimant is 67-year-old Matt Jones from Skokie. He was taken by ambulance following the crash.
Thirty-eight people were hurt, and 23 of them were taken to the hospital when a CTA Yellow Line train hit a piece of snow removal equipment on the tracks at the Howard rail yard in Rogers Park.
The Yellow Line train and the snowplow that collided Thursday had not been moved 12 hours later, and that will not change until the National Transportation Safety Board investigates the scene. Kris Habermehl reports from Chopper 2.
Attorneys for passenger Cleon Hawkins say human error was partially to blame for a CTA Yellow Line train crashing into a snowplow Thursday morning. CBS 2's Jermont Terry reports.
Audio from the Chicago Transit Authority control tower suggest someone tried to give a warning before a CTA Yellow Line train hit a snow plow on the tracks, in a crash that left all 38 people on the train injured. CBS 2's Marybel Gonzalez reports.
One person has filed a lawsuit in connection to the incident involving a Yellow Line train Thursday morning. CBS 2's Sabrina Franza reports.
National Transportation Safety Board investigators will be digging into the train crash - piece by piece. CBS 2 Investigator Dave Savini reports.
The train crashed into a snow plow on the tracks near the Howard terminal Thursday morning. CBS 2's Noel Brennan reports.
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