Authorities are investigating a crash that injured 27 people when Sacramento light rail commuter train struck a maintenance train.
Sacramento Regional Transit spokeswoman Devra Selenis says Friday that the maintenance train was not moving when the crash happened late Thursday.
Initial reports indicated the accident was a derailment.
Selenis says there were 24 people on the passenger train and three on the maintenance train.
Thirteen people were taken to hospitals, one with moderate injuries and 12 with minor injuries.
Sacramento Fire Department spokesman Keith Wade said late Thursday that 14 other people were treated at the scene and released.
Selenis says authorities are investigating to determine the cause.
There were 15 ambulances at the site of the derailment, and more than 40 firefighters responded. Wade says it's the first time in his 19 years on the job that he's seen a train accident with such a high number of injuries.
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NTSB sending six investigators to Sacramento, CA to investigate the Aug. 22,
— NTSB_Newsroom (@NTSB_Newsroom) August 23, 2019
2019 train collision/derailment between two Sacramento Regional Transit
light rail trains. Several injuries but no fatalities reported at this
time. Investigators expected to arrive later today.
Sacramento fire is on scene of what is being described as a train derailment west of the Winter Street light rail station. Total of 22 patients being reported. 2 with moderate injuries/ 20 walking wounded. 15 ambulances on scene for transport. pic.twitter.com/sGX93CnqB2
— Sacramento Fire (@SacFirePIO) August 23, 2019
