Nation IN BRIEF : ILLINOIS : 35 Hurt in Crash of Commuter Trains
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
One Chicago Transit Authority train rear-ended another as the trains were running along a new route. Thirty-five people were hurt, one seriously. CTA officials were inaugurating a $187-million realignment of train routes to connect two of the system’s most heavily used lines when the accident occurred in a 4,400-foot tunnel in the Chinatown area.
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