Wednesday, 12 July 2006
Train scare in Chicago hours after Indian bombings
On the way out of the office last night the Loop area hummed with fire engines, ambulances, speeding unmarked cars and helicopters and it turned out that following the earlier awful train bombings in Mumbai, a derailment and a subsequent fire on a CTA Blue Line train left 1,000 rush hour passengers having to be led through an underground tunnel to an escape stairwell.
150 people were taken to hospitals, primarily to be treated for smoke inhalation, while 2 people were considered to be in critical condition.
Federal transportation investigators have launched a probe into the derailment in the tunnel between Lake Street and the west bank of the Chicago River. ¶ 13:18
On the way out of the office last night the Loop area hummed with fire engines, ambulances, speeding unmarked cars and helicopters and it turned out that following the earlier awful train bombings in Mumbai, a derailment and a subsequent fire on a CTA Blue Line train left 1,000 rush hour passengers having to be led through an underground tunnel to an escape stairwell.150 people were taken to hospitals, primarily to be treated for smoke inhalation, while 2 people were considered to be in critical condition.
Federal transportation investigators have launched a probe into the derailment in the tunnel between Lake Street and the west bank of the Chicago River. ¶ 13:18
