Blue Line Train Hit by Tow Truck
A Blue Line train approaching the Vernon station in southeast Los Angeles was struck by a tow truck Wednesday morning, an MTA spokesman said.
He said the initial report that the tow truck had been rear-ended into the train’s path could not be confirmed as of 1:10 pm.
The driver of the tow truck was injured and taken to County-USC Medical Center. The seriousness of his injuries was not immediately known, said Ed Scannell, an MTA spokesman.
He did not know the train’s speed but said it was northbound when the tow truck plunged through a fence running along the track and struck the side of its first car near 48th Place and Long Beach Avenue.
Both northbound and southbound lines were temporarily closed.
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