Metro train strikes vehicle in south Los Angeles

Metro Train Strikes Vehicle in South Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES, CA - JUNE 3: Metro Rail subway trains speed by during rush hour June 3, 2008 in Los Angeles, California. Skyrocketing gas prices are driving more commuters to take trains and buses to work instead of their cars. In the first three months of 2008, the number of trips taken on public transport in the US rose 3 percent to 2.6 billion, creating pressures on some transportation systems to cope with increasing ridership. Transit officials in southern California and elsewhere are now encouraging employers to stagger employee schedules to ease the rush hour crunch on trains and buses and Metrolink plans to add 107 rail cars to its fleet of 155 as soon as next year. Photo credit David McNew/Getty Images

LOS ANGELES (CNS) - A Metro A (Blue) Line train struck a vehicle in South Los Angeles today, causing minor injuries to passengers aboard the train.

The collision was reported just before 5:10 p.m. in the area of Broadway and Washington Boulevard, Nicholas Prange of the Los Angeles Fire Department told City News Service.

Preliminary reports indicated no one was in the vehicle at the time of
the collision, Prange said. Some passengers aboard the train were reported
to have suffered minor injuries, though it was not immediately clear how many
passengers were injured.

The cause of the collision was under investigation.

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