More than 50 injured after train collides with bus in downtown Los Angeles: officials
Will Conybeare
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LOS ANGELES (KTLA) — At least 55 people were hurt, two seriously, when a Metro train collided with a University of Southern California shuttle bus Tuesday in Los Angeles, officials said.
The crash happened around 11:55 a.m. in the downtown area, near the USC campus and Natural History Museum, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department.
Two victims were hospitalized with serious injuries and 16 others were transported in fair condition, the department said. Another 37 people were treated at the scene.
The shuttle bus had at least two occupants at the time of the collision, Nexstar’s KTLA reported.
Dave Sotero, a spokesperson for LA Metro, said the bus crossed into the path of an E Line train. The light rail line runs from East Los Angeles to downtown Santa Monica mostly along streets, and not all of the crossings have gates.
Footage of the scene showed the left side of the red and white bus smashed against the first car of the train. The front section of the bus had significant damage.
Sotero said the Los Angeles Police Department would be in charge of the investigation.
“Metro offers its sympathy to those injured in the accident,” Sotero said in an email to the Associated Press.
Metro announced on social media that the crash will temporarily prevent service on a portion of the Metro E line and and buses would be used to get passengers through the crash area.
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