A passenger train and a freight train collided on Friday in the south side of Chicago, in the U.S. Midwestern state of Illinois, injuring dozens of people, media reports said.
Seventy-one people were sent to hospitals for treatment. Five Amtrak workers were in critical or serious condition, but the rest of those injured were in stable condition, Chicago Fire Department officials said.
An Amtrak passenger train carrying 187 passengers was en route from Grand Rapids, Michigan, to Chicago, when it collided with a Norfolk Southern freight train which was traveling from Elizabeth, New Jersey, to Chicago.
The passenger train bumped into the tail end of the freight train when the former was approaching the station, news reports said, quoting witnesses.
The passengers were quickly evacuated after the accident. No one on the freight train was injured.
The cause of the accident was not immediately known, and the National Transportation Safety Board has sent investigators to the scene.
Source: Xinhua
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