Personal Injury Law

Amtrak-Freight Train Collision in Chicago Being Investigated

By Jenny Albano

The National Transportation Safety Board are investigating the cause of an Amtrak train and a freight train collision that injured dozens of people on Friday, November 30 in the south side of Chicago. The investigators are trying to figure out how both trains ended up on the same track at the same time.

Out of the 187 passengers on the Amtrak train, 71 were sent to hospitals in the area. When the collision occurred the passengers were thrown forwards from their seats. Four people had to be retrieved from the front of the train, where the engine of the vehicle is. Of those that were sent to the hospital, only three would be required to stay overnight. No one was in the part of the Norfolk Southern freight train that was hit, and neither of the two workers aboard the train were hurt.

Full post as published by Chicago Personal Injury Lawyer on December 02, 2007 (boomark / email).