CHICAGO (AP) -- Two commuter trains collided on elevated tracks during the evening rush hour Tuesday, causing minor injuries to 45 people.
Many of the injured complained of neck and back pain, and they were transported in fair and good condition, said fire department spokesman Kevin MacGregor. None of the injuries appeared life-threatening.
The trains were headed north in the city's downtown when one ran into the back of the other. The impact shattered windows on the train cars and threw passengers to the floor.
Chicago Transit Authority spokeswoman Sheila Gregory said because the trains were traveling along a curve at the time they likely were not traveling very fast. The two six-car trains can carry 600 passengers each.
It took rescue workers nearly three hours to evacuate all the passengers from the dimly lit, unheated train cars.
The transit authority will interview the trains' operators and test them for drugs and alcohol as part of its probe, Gregory said.
