Chicago Commuter Train Crashes Into Rail Equipment, Nearly 40 Injured, Some Seriously

Chicago Fire Department and Chicago Police Department personnel triage patients work the scene after a Chicago Transit Authority train crashed into a piece of equipment that was on the rails near the Howard CTA station on the North Side, in Chicago on Nov. 16, 2023. Ashlee Rezin/Chicago Sun-Times via AP

CHICAGO—A Chicago commuter train collided with rail equipment Thursday morning, injuring nearly 40 people, some of them critically, fire officials said.

The Chicago Transit Authority train crashed into snow-removal equipment just before 10:35 a.m. on the city’s North Side near the Howard CTA station, the Chicago Fire Department said.