Excerpt from NBC Chicago - CTA spokesman Brian Steele, speaking to reporters at 5 a.m., said it was too early to say what caused the crash but said video footage was being reviewed, personnel were being interviewed and that the National Transportation Safety Board had been notified.
The O'Hare station has three "pockets" for trains, each has a bumping post at the end -- a large piece of metal with a shock absorber mechanism behind it, Steele explained.
"It appears as though the train would have been going faster than a train normally berthing at this station would be," he said. "Normally a train pulls in at just a couple miles and hour and pulls into the station. Obviously this train did not stop so speed could be a factor here."
Of those injured, 12 were listed in fair condition at Resurrection Medical Center. All of the patients were adults and were being treated for bumps and bruises. Another seven people were taken to Advocate Lutheran General Hospital with reported neck and back pain. A supervisor at Swedish Covenant Hospital said the facility received five people from the crash.
I got your email and also saw it on the tvs down in the teamway when I was exiting my train at 8:06 am.
ReplyDeleteI was about to email it to you too but saw you already had it.
ReplyDeleteThat train climbed the escalator!
ReplyDeleteYou aren't supposed to take strollers or the like on escalators. Don't trains know that they should always take the elevator?
(but I hope everyone recovers without lasting injury)
Yes, the situation escalated quite quickly.
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