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Article: Amtrak, freight train collide in Chicago: ; About 50 injuries reported; cause of wreck unknown
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- Charleston Gazette
- Article date:
- December 1, 2007
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CHICAGO - An Amtrak train plowed into the back of a freight train
and crushed one end of a boxcar under its wheels Friday, injuring
dozens of people, some seriously. Most of the 187 passengers walked
away unhurt.
Passengers were hurled into the seats in front of them in the
accident on the city's South Side, and four people had to be pulled
from the front of the train, where the engine was located,
authorities said.
About 50 people were taken to three hospitals, mostly for minor
injuries; it was unclear whether others had been admitted elsewhere.
Fire officials had said 14 people were seriously or critically hurt,
but officials at the three hospitals reported only three with
injuries that ...