An out-of-service train hit a stopped train in the suburb of Forest Park.






At least 33 people were taken to local hospitals Monday when an out-of-service Chicago Transit Authority train crashed head-on with another train stopped at a Forest Park, Ill., suburban station west of Chicago, local media report.
The Chicago Tribune quotes the CTA as saying 33 people were taken to nine hospitals, but that there were no serious injuries.
CBS 2 reports that police are investigating the possibility that somebody hijacked an out-of-service CTA train and sent it crashing into the second train.
Suspicion of foul play was raised because the out-of-service train had far fewer cars than a normal rush-hour train, was on the wrong tracks and had nobody at the controls when the crash occurred.
Although police are treating the accident as a crime scene, a CTA official tells CBS that there is no indication of criminal activity and that the CTA is working under the theory that the accident is due to a mechanical malfunction.
The collision occurred at the Harlem station on the Blue Line in the town located about 7 miles west of Chicago.