Chicago CTA Train Derails

[Anonymous]

http://www.wmur.com/news/16414385/detail.html

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"CHICAGO -- A four-car Chicago Transit Authority train has derailed on an elevated track on the city's South Side. There are no immediate reports of serious injuries, local station NBC 5 reported.

CTA spokeswoman Catherine Hosinski said the Green Line train derailed about 10:10 a.m. at the 59th Street junction near Garfield, and all trains were being stopped between 63rd and 35th.A total of 24 people were being attended to, according to Fire Media Affairs Asst. Director Eve Rodriguez. Four were reported in fair to serious condition and 20 people were reported in good to fair condition, Rodriguez said. She did not know the nature of the injuries.A staging area has been set up in a vacant lot adjacent to the elevated tracks. Emergency workers have laid out tarps on the ground, authorities said, one green, one yellow and one red, indicating the seriousness of the injuries suffered.The first two cars of the Green Line train are sitting clearly off the tracks at a junction between two lines, but remain upright on the elevated structure.The affected part of the Green Line runs to the South Side from the city's downtown.Service has been temporarily suspended on that part of the line and shuttle buses are in place to assist customers."

 

[CNW 6000]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080528/ap_on_re_us/train_derailment

Slightly different version.

Will this help or hinder the CREATE initiative?

[CShaveRR]

CREATE has little, if anything, to do with the CTA, and vice versa.

[CNW 6000]

Didn't know...thanks for the correction.