O'Hare station train crash
On March 24, 2014, a Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) Blue Line passenger train overran the bumper at the station at the O'Hare International Airport, injuring 34 people.[1] The accident caused $11,196,796 in damage.[2]
A spokesman stated that it was likely that the train entered the station at too high a speed.[3] It was later estimated that the train entered the station at 25 to 26 miles per hour (40 to 42 km/h), which was not an excessive speed.[4] At least 50 firefighters and paramedics attended the accident.[5]
The derailed train was removed from the station on March 27, 2014, three days after the accident.[6] The station reopened on March 30, 2014. The escalator damaged in the crash was replaced by stairs.[7]
The cause of the accident was that the train operator, 25-year-old Brittney Tysheka Haywood,[8] fell asleep at the controls. She lost her job as a result of the crash.[9]
As a direct consequence of the accident, the CTA reduced the speed limit into the O'Hare station from 25 miles per hour (40 km/h) to 15 miles per hour (24 km/h). The area of the speed limit was also extended away from the station.[10]
References[change | change source]
- ↑ "Board Meeting : Chicago Transit Authority Train Collides with Bumping Post and Escalator at O'Hare Station". National Transportation Safety Board. Retrieved April 21, 2015.
- ↑ Esposito, Stefano; Rossi, Rosalind; Owen, Jordan; Slefo, George P. "Blue Line train derails at O'Hare, climbs up escalator; 32 hurt". Chicago Sun Times. Retrieved March 24, 2014.
- ↑ "Chicago airport train derailment injures 32". BBC News Online. Retrieved March 24, 2014.
- ↑ Esposito, Stefano. "'Automatic stop' kicked in before CTA train crashed at O'Hare". Chicago Sun Times. Retrieved March 24, 2014.
- ↑ Nickeas, Peter. "'I got tossed from one end of the train to the other'". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved March 24, 2014.
- ↑ "Derailed train removed from O'Hare, station to reopen this weekend". Chicago Sun Times. March 28, 2014. Retrieved March 31, 2014.
- ↑ Seidel, Jon; Charles, Sam (March 30, 2014). "Blue Line station at O'Hare, scene of derailment, reopens". Chicago Sun Times. Retrieved March 31, 2014.
- ↑ Goudie, Chuck. "Train operator identified in Blue Line crash". WLS-TV ABC 7. Archived from the original on April 7, 2014. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
- ↑ "Chicago train crash driver who 'fell asleep' is sacked". BBC News. 2014-04-05. Retrieved 2023-03-01.
- ↑ Esposito, Stefano; Rossi, Rosalind. "CTA operator awoke 'when she hit,' dozed off before, NTSB says". Chicago Sun Times. Retrieved March 27, 2014.
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