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On 16 Nov 2023, "Trump = Epstein" <elonx@protonmail.com> posted some news:uj6esm$2g1u5$3@dont-email.me:

Unions are criminal organizations.

The National Transportation Safety Board has launched an investigation
after a Chicago Transit Authority Yellow Line train crashed into a piece
of snow plow equipment on the track in Chicago Thursday morning, leaving
as many as 38 people injured.

It's one of the largest CTA train crashes in decades, NBC5 Investigates
found.

According to the Chicago Fire Department, the crash happened at 7519 N. Paulina, between Evanston and Chicago's Rogers Park neighborhood.

In a statement, the CTA said the incident occurred at 10:39 a.m., when the agency received reports of a Yellow Line train "making contact with rail equipment in the Howard Rail Yard."

CFD during a press conference later Thursday clarified that a Yellow Line
train struck a snow CTA plow train in the rail yard, calling the incident "train vs. train."

"Both Yellow and Purple line service has been temporarily suspended," the statement continued. "Yellow Line riders should use the #97 Skokie bus
route as an alternative. Purple Line riders can use the #205 Chicago/Golf
bus route or other adjacent bus route."

Several streets in the area were closed following the crash, and power had
been shut off to Red, Purple and Yellow Lines. According to CTA, service
on the Yellow Line remains suspended.

During Thursday's press conference, CFD said at least 38 people were
evaluated by medical personnel after the crash. Of those, 23 were
transported to area hospitals. At least three were critically injured. No life-threatening injuries were reported, CFD said.

Four of those injured were children, CFD said during the update.
Additionally, one person required a "special rescue" from the Evanston
Fire Department, a tweet from the Evanston Police Department said.

The NTSB is expected to hold an update Friday to release more details into
the investigation. The CTA has not provided further updates as to what led
up to the collision.

Radio traffic sheds light on CTA Yellow Line crash, one of worst in
agency's history
NBC 5 obtained audio of the CTA traffic control tower trying to get in
contact with a CTA train operator, moments before the derailment.

"The striking thing about this audio is the timing of it," NBC 5
Investigates noted. More than an hour before the crash, we hear a warning
that a maintenance vehicle will be on the tracks in the area where the collision eventually occurs. Then the audio gets more frantic in the
moments before the crash.

At 8:53 am Thursday morning, the CTA control tower alerted train operators
that there were personnel and equipment on the tracks between Howard and Oakton.

The next transmission from the control tower was just minutes before the
crash around 10:29 am. The CTA control tower repeatedly said, “Stop your
train please.”

It’s unclear if the train the control tower is referencing is the one that
is involved in the crash and derailment.

Moments later, the control tower confirms a crash has occurred between the train and a “snow flat bed train”.

“They have made contact with some equipment at Chicago…which has caused injuries on the train at this time,” said the CTA control tower operator moments after the track.

“Today it looks like we have a worst case scenario where either technology
or human error, both happened at the same time,” DePaul University transportation expert Joseph Schwieterman told NBC5 Investigates. “This
raises the question whether the operator on the other line could have been incapacitated in some way or distracted.”

Lawsuit filed against CTA following crash
Clifford Law Offices promptly filed a lawsuit against the CTA on Thursday shortly after the crash on behalf of a 52-year-old man who was a passenger
on the train on his way to see a friend.

"Snow plow equipment on a train track," Henry Simmons of Clifford Law
said. "It's 62 degrees today in Chicago. Why is that, or any other
equipment, on the same rail as an L train transporting passengers?"

Clifford Law said their client was in the second train car at the time of
the crash, and was among those hospitalized in the aftermath of the
incident.

For others near the incident, the crash caused confusion and fear.

One Purple Line passenger told NBC Chicago she thought the train could
have been on fire, while a CTA employee described seeing a child taken
into an ambulance in the crash's aftermath.

"So many crews, working fast and working hard. Just scary seeing how bad
the damage to the train was," CTA employee Katya Bonilla said.

Shortly after the crash, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker tweeted that his administration was "closely monitoring" the derailment, and would direct
"any available resources needed."

"Terrible news out of Chicago this afternoon," the tweet said. "My administration is closely monitoring the train derailment on the North
Side and will direct any available resources needed. Thank you to the CFD firefighters and first responders on the scene."

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson also released a statement.

"Just before 10:45 a.m., a two-car Skokie Swift train traveling southbound encountered a CTA snow removal vehicle traveling in the same direction," Johnson's statement said. "They subsequently collided, resulting in 38 injuries, 23 of which were transported to the hospital. Three patients
were transported in serious condition with non-life-threatening injuries."

Our thoughts are with all affected and we are grateful for our brave first responders on the scene," the statement continues." We are working closely
with emergency services as we continue to monitor this incident."

https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/ntsb-investigating-after-cta-train- crash-leaves-as-many-as-38-injured/3281015/

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