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9 Hurt In CTA Bus Crash On West Side

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CHICAGO (CBS) — Nine people had to go to the hospital, after a CTA bus was involved in a crash on the city’s West Side.

The wreck happened around 1 p.m. at North and Narragansett avenues, on the boundary between the Galewood neighborhood and Oak Park, fire officials said.

The crash involved a Chicago Transit Authority bus and a truck, a Grand Central District police lieutenant said.

Fifteen people were on the bus at the time.

Nine people were taken to area hospitals in good condition and six declined to be hospitalized, Knight said.

The Sun-Times Media Wire contributed to this report.

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  • VIOLET GEORGE

    FAKE INJURIES, 2 GET MONEY FROM “CTA” N TRUCK DRIVER CO. ” L O S E R NI&&ERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Bob Hamilton

    A few years ago, the radio reported a CTA bus was involved in an accident. Within 2 hours several dozen people had checked themselves into various emergency rooms claiming to have been injured in that accident. The radio added the rest of the story later, saying that the buses involved were both inside of the CTA yard with no passengers on board. True.

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