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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Mohammad Samra

CTA Yellow Line crash caused by ‘design issue,’ National Transportation Safety Board says

Chicago Fire Department and Chicago Police Department personnel triage patients at 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, Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023. (Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times)

A crash on the CTA’s Yellow Line that injured 38 people when a train slammed into snow removal equipment on Thursday was caused by a “design issue,” according to an official with the National Transportation Safety Board.

Board chair Jennifer Homendy told reporters Saturday night the train’s braking distance should have been longer.

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