Train Collision Leaves 27 Injured In Northern Sacramento
A Sacramento Regional Transit light-rail train got derailed after colliding with a maintenance train Thursday night, injuring 27 people on board. Nearly 15 ambulances reached the spot for assistance and transported 13 people to nearby hospitals.
According to Sacramento Regional Transit (RT), a test train and a two-car passenger train collided on the blue line tracks near Roseville Road. It’s unclear at this time how the collision occurred, CBS Sacramento reported.
RT informed that 3 employees were on the test train and none got hurt.
#BREAKING new numbers of injuries in RT light rail incident. 27 injured, 13 transported according @SacFirePIO. No fatalities. Fire says they still don’t know if trains collided, but no cars appear to be derailed. pic.twitter.com/W0xNxG2AUr
— stevelarge (@largesteven) August 23, 2019
The officials are investigating the cause of the crash and are planning to clear the trains by the morning.
It is the second collision to occur between two trains in Sacramento since RT began operating light-rail service in 1987, according to The Sacramento Bee.
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