2023 Chicago train crash

On November 16, 2023, a Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) passenger train crash with a railway snow removal machine north of Howard station. It injured 16 people.

At 10:39 a.m. local time (07:50 UTC) on November 16, 2023, a Yellow Line passenger train. The train had 30 passengers and 1 operator. It was approaching its terminal at Howard station at  crashed with stopped snow-removal machine, carrying 6 employees. The front car of the two-car train was partially crushed and derailed. 

Of the 37 people aboard both vehicles, 16 were injured, 3 of which were in critical condition.

In a report released on December 12, 2023, it found that at the time of the incident, the snow-removal equipment had stopped  north of a red signal. The passenger train operator received a stop command from the signal system when the train was traveling southbound at approximately , about  behind the snow-removal equipment. The operator pressed the brakes and emergency brakes, and the train slowed down to  before crashing with the snow removal machine.

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