Chicago Train Crash Leaves Dozens Injured on Monday
A Chicago train crash on Monday morning sent dozens of people to the hospital, and police are now investigation the incident as the result of a possible hijacking.
As of 10 a.m. local time, the Chicago Tribune was reporting that 33 people were brought to nine area hospitals following a Chicago’s CTA metro line collision hours earlier that occurred when an outbound train stopped at the Forest Park station was struck by an out-of-service train heading in the opposite direction, Chicago Transit Authority spokeswoman Lambrini Ludkidis told the Tribune.
CBS News is reporting that police are investigating the possibility that the collision resulted because someone hijacked the out-of-service train.
The CTA told CBS that the train was on the wrong tracks when it rammed the on-duty car. Anthony Calderone, the mayor of Chicago suburb Forest Park , told CBS that nobody was at the controls when the train crashed.
Official say there are no serious injuries being reported as of yet.
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