LOS ANGELES — At least 55 people were injured when an LA Metro light rail train and a University of Southern California shuttle bus collided today (Tuesday, April 30) outside Exposition Park near the USC campus, the Los Angeles Times reports.
L.A. City firefighters received a report of the accident at a grade crossing at 901 W. Exposition Boulevard at 11:54 a.m. A spokesman for the fire department said 37 people were treated and released at the scene, while 18 were transported to area hospitals, with two of those — the driver of the bus and a bus passenger — in critical condition.
Service on Metro’s E Line, which runs from East Los Angeles to Santa Monica, was restored on a single track through the accident area by about 1:30 p.m.
Los Angeles police are leading the investigation into the incident, a Metro spokesman said.
