Train Hits Bus In Downtown Los Angeles
Friday, September 19, 2008
During the morning of September 19, 2008, a Metro Blue Line train collided with a Metro bus in downtown Los Angeles, causing minor injuries to 13 people, authorities said.
The accident, which occurred near Washington Boulevard and Griffith Avenue, was reported around 6:15 a.m., said Officer Ana Aguirre of the Los Angeles Police Department. The injuries are believed to be "just bumps and bruises," but Aguirre said paramedics are on the scene. No one has been taken to the hospital yet, she said.
The bus was not carrying any passengers. All the injuries were to people on the Blue Line train, said Brian Humphrey, a spokesman for the Los Angeles Fire Department. The collision caused the train to derail but it remained upright, he said.
The Blue Line train was southbound when the collision occurred, and a bus is being arranged to carry rail passengers between the San Pedro and Long Beach Boulevard stations while the track was being cleared, said Metro spokesman Jose Upaldo.
The Blue Line travels from downtown Los Angeles to downtown Long Beach, serving many South L.A. areas, such as Compton, Vernon and Florence-Firestone. It is the longest line in the Metro system and the second busiest light rail line in the United States, averaging more than 70,000 weekday boardings, according to Metro Rail.
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