Metro Blue Line train collides with transit bus

A Metro bus collided with a Blue Line train at Washington Boulevard and San Pedro Street near downtown Los Angeles. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)

Aug. 27, 2012 11:18 AM PT

More than 30 people received mostly minor injuries Monday morning when a Metro Blue line train and a transit bus collided near downtown Los Angeles. Read more

A man placed in a neck brace is taken to an ambulance after a Metro bus collided with a Blue Line train near downtown Los Angeles. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)

Firefighters and other emergency personnel deal with the aftermath of the collision of the bus and train. A Fire Department spoeksman called it “every paramedic¿s worst nightmare -- a traffic collision between mass transit vehicles.¿ (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)

A woman is taken to an ambulance after the collision between the bus and light-rail train. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)

The Blue Line train did not derail despite hitting a Metro bus. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)