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A Metro bus and a blue line train collided in Los Angeles on Monday. No injuries were considered life-threatening, according to fire-rescue officials.
A transit bus and Metro Blue line train crashed near downtown Los Angeles on Monday morning, injuring dozens of people, Los Angeles Fire Department officials say.
Officials say at least 40 people were on board the bus. Medical personnel were attending to as many as eight people who were traveling on the train, according to NBCLosAngeles.com.
None of the injuries was life-threatening, according to fire-rescue officials. The number of patients hospitalized was not immediately available.
The Line 51 bus collided with the train at about 7 a.m.. The bus then crashed into at least two light poles, fire officials say.
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The intersection at Washington Boulevard and San Pedro Street remained closed. Major delays were expected, and authorities were adding more buses to the area for morning commuters.
Check back for more details on this developing story.
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$$$ LaWSUITS galore!
This is not unusual. Of the three above-ground train lines, the blue line has been riddled by accidents over the years. It was built under a 'bad sign'.
Correction, that is four train lines, out of six, are above ground. Two are subways, one runs solely in the middle of a freeway, leaving three at street level.
Cha-ching!
I know exactly where this is. I took the Blue/Green Line to work every day for 6 years. The tracks run both underground, on freeway center lines and laid on city streets where they are required to stop for intersections. I personally have been on trains where a number fatalities occurred from a variety of reasons collisions included, not to mention the constant fist-fights, knifings, bad ju-ju homeless people urinating/defecating whenever the mood struck them, etc. But the trade-off was it saved me around $250 a month in parking, not to mention the gas. Being laid off from the job was, in hindsight, a blessing in this regard.
The Blue line is awful. The train runs along city streets like a streetcar, along with auto traffic from downtown LA to downtown Long Beach. Driving a car along that path is very confusing too.
We look to save money on construction costs without fully realizing the overall costs like this. Phoenix has done the same thing putting commuter trains on street level. I think that accidents with them are underreported in the press. It looks like another form of cost cutting above safety.
If you want safety stop packing people in on top of each other and squeeing them in to little boxes. But then, that's not good for profits is it?
C'mon let's hear the names.I'm guessing johnson and perez