Car lands on tracks, struck by Chicago train

[June 11, 2009]  CHICAGO (AP) -- Service along the Chicago Transit Authority's Blue Line has been disrupted after a car jumped a retaining wall, landed on the tracks and was struck by a train.

CTA spokeswoman Kimberly Myles says the driver got out of the vehicle before the collision Tuesday morning and was being treated at a hospital.

Several train passengers complained of minor injuries and were taken to hospitals.

Chicago Fire Department spokesman Larry Langford says the car was in an accident with two other vehicles before it jumped the barrier.

Service along a three-mile stretch of the Blue Line on Chicago's West Side was shut down in both directions.

Myles says it's unclear how long service will be disrupted.

[Associated Press]

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