Investigators point to design flaw as cause for CTA Yellow Line crash
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.
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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.
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.
From Chopper 2, Kris Habermehl reports on what first responders must consider when responding to an accident involving a CTA train
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