CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- Two more lawsuits have been filed in the wake of the CTA Yellow Line crash, which injured 38 people.
Passengers Alishan Zaidi was seated in the front car, and Zubair Hussain struck his head and became unconscious when the CTA train crashed into a snowplow on the tracks on November 16.
Both men were taken to a hospital, and now both have filed lawsuits against the CTA. Their attorney, Joseph T. Murphy, said the crash was "completely preventable."
“This is a catastrophic failure on the part of the CTA to crash into a snow plow on the same tracks going in the same direction on a sunny, warm day," he added.
"Many questions need to be answered so commuter passengers know that it won’t happen again.”
Officials with the National Transportation Safety Board said last week that according to the preliminary results of the investigation, the crash was likely caused by a flaw in the braking system design, which was set to 1,780 feet and that is much lower than what is called for in updated systems.
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