Two Railroad Workers Injured After Orange Line Train Derails in Chicago Rail Yard

November 9th, 2012 |

CHICAGO, Ill. — Two railroad workers were injured when an Orange Line train derailed early Friday in the Chicago Transit Authority train yard near Midway Airport. The media reports that the train jumped the tracks just before as it was pulling into the rail yard.

Two railroad workers were injured in a CTA Orange Line train derailment in a Chicago, IL rail yard on November 9, 2012. Photo credit: WGN-TV

According to Fire Media Affairs, the accident occurred on Friday, Nov. 9, about 2 a.m. in the 4600 block of West 59th Street and injured two people. There were no passengers on the train at the time of the incident.

Map showing location of CTA Orange Line train derailment in Chicago, IL near the north side of Midway Airport at West 59th St and South Cicero Ave on November 9, 2012.

The injured workers were seen transported on stretchers to MacNeal Hospital in Berwyn. The extent of their injuries is not known at this time.

The incident remains under investigation at this time.

Posted by Gordon &amp Elias, a FELA lawyer and Illinois railroad injury lawyer who publishes train accidents and FELA legal news from across the United States.