CHICAGO — Service on the Chicago Transit Authority’s Yellow Line remains suspended today (Friday, Nov. 17) after the Thursday collision between a two-car Yellow Line train and a piece of maintenance equipment that injured 38 people, 23 of whom were sent to hospitals for treatment.
The train reportedly rear-ended a snow plow, according to a Chicago Fire Department official. Three of the injured, including the train’s operator, were said to be in serious to critical condition [see “Chicago L train hits maintenance equipment …,” Trains News Wire, Nov. 16, 2023].
National Transportation Safety Board investigators are now on scene, and an NTSB briefing is expected sometime today, WMAQ-TV reports.
WBBM-TV reports the injured included seven CTA employees. The station also reports that the first lawsuit was filed within hours of the accident, by the Clifford Law Group on behalf of Cleon Hawkins, 52, who reportedly has injuries to his shoulder and leg. Hawkins’ attorneys are claiming negligence on the part of the CTA.
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