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Monorail crash injures two in Seattle
84 passengers aboard two trains
By JIM COUR
The Associated Press
SEATTLE ― Two monorail trains clipped each other on a curve in the tracks Saturday evening in the heart of Seattle. Two people with minor injuries were taken to local hospitals, fire officials said.
Seattle firefighters helped 84 passengers off the only two trains on the one-mile, 43-year-old elevated line between downtown and the Seattle Center, said Helen Fitzpatrick, fire department spokeswoman. One of the trains had left the Westlake station shortly before the accident.
John Gahagan, who was riding the monorail with his wife and two children, said the collision ripped off the sliding door on their train car and broke a window, showering his children in glass. The children, ages 15 and 11, were not injured.
“We heard a screeching sound ― metal on metal ― and glass breaking,” said Gahagan, 50, of Mukilteo, who added that several people slid off their seats. Still, he said, the crash “wasn’t real violent.”
“The scariest thing was coming down the ladder,” he said about an hour and a half after the accident. “We’re fine. Everybody in the car was fine.”
84 passengers aboard two trains
By JIM COUR
The Associated Press
SEATTLE ― Two monorail trains clipped each other on a curve in the tracks Saturday evening in the heart of Seattle. Two people with minor injuries were taken to local hospitals, fire officials said.
Seattle firefighters helped 84 passengers off the only two trains on the one-mile, 43-year-old elevated line between downtown and the Seattle Center, said Helen Fitzpatrick, fire department spokeswoman. One of the trains had left the Westlake station shortly before the accident.
John Gahagan, who was riding the monorail with his wife and two children, said the collision ripped off the sliding door on their train car and broke a window, showering his children in glass. The children, ages 15 and 11, were not injured.
“We heard a screeching sound ― metal on metal ― and glass breaking,” said Gahagan, 50, of Mukilteo, who added that several people slid off their seats. Still, he said, the crash “wasn’t real violent.”
“The scariest thing was coming down the ladder,” he said about an hour and a half after the accident. “We’re fine. Everybody in the car was fine.”
