Dozens injured in San Francisco light-rail crash

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Several dozen people were injured when two San Francisco light-rail trains collided Saturday afternoon at the West Portal Station, authorities said. Forty-four people were taken to hospitals - three with what appeared to be severe injuries - when a San Francisco Municipal Railway L train rear-ended a K train near a boarding platform about 2:30 p.m., officials said. "This is probably one of the largest casualty incidents in recent years (in San Francisco)," said Pat Gardner, a deputy chief read more

NECN | July 19, 2009

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