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Chicago Train Derails

No deaths, 14 injuries in elevated train mishap on South Side

By Nick McMaster,  Newser Staff

Posted May 28, 2008 12:39 PM CDT

(Newser) – A Chicago Transit Authority elevated train derailed this morning, the Chicago Tribune reports. Although the train came off the elevated tracks, it did not fall all the way to the ground. Using ladders and baskets, firefighters rescued 39 people from the Green Line train on...   Read full story »

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