CHICAGO (AP) — A rail official says 14 passengers were injured when a commuter train hit a "bumping post" at a downtown Chicago station, the second such accident of the day.
Michael Gillis is a spokesman for Metra, the suburban Chicago commuter rail service. Gillis says six passengers were taken to a hospital with minor injuries Monday after the Rock Island District line train from Joliet hit the "bumping post" at the end of the LaSalle Street platform.
The accident happened around 8:45 a.m. A less serious incident occurred at the same station around 6:15 a.m., but no passengers were injured.
Gillis says the agency is investigating what caused the incidents; authorities have indicated they were weather-related.
All Metra trains are being told to enter downtown stations at "walking speed."
from Chicago - The Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/06/metra-train-hits-post-in-_n_4549719.html?utm_hp_ref=chicago&ir=Chicago
via IFTTT
Michael Gillis is a spokesman for Metra, the suburban Chicago commuter rail service. Gillis says six passengers were taken to a hospital with minor injuries Monday after the Rock Island District line train from Joliet hit the "bumping post" at the end of the LaSalle Street platform.
The accident happened around 8:45 a.m. A less serious incident occurred at the same station around 6:15 a.m., but no passengers were injured.
Gillis says the agency is investigating what caused the incidents; authorities have indicated they were weather-related.
All Metra trains are being told to enter downtown stations at "walking speed."
from Chicago - The Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/06/metra-train-hits-post-in-_n_4549719.html?utm_hp_ref=chicago&ir=Chicago
via IFTTT
No comments:
Post a Comment