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| Chicago airport train derailment injures 32 | Chicago airport train derailment injures 32 |
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| A Chicago metro train has derailed at O'Hare International Airport, injuring 32 people, officials say. | |
| Early on Monday the train came off the tracks, crossed a platform and travelled part way up an escalator at one of the busiest airports in the US. | |
| None of the reported injuries are serious. | None of the reported injuries are serious. |
| The president of the Chicago transit union told reporters the train operator was "extremely tired" and may have dozed off in the train's cab. | |
| And authorities have said the train was travelling too fast when it crashed. | |
| "I heard a boom and when I got off the train, the train was all the way up the escalator," passenger Denise Adams told the Chicago Sun-Times newspaper. | "I heard a boom and when I got off the train, the train was all the way up the escalator," passenger Denise Adams told the Chicago Sun-Times newspaper. |
| Fire officials told the Chicago Tribune that six people were in fair condition and 26 in good condition as they were transported to hospital. | Fire officials told the Chicago Tribune that six people were in fair condition and 26 in good condition as they were transported to hospital. |
| Investigators are said to be reviewing security footage and interviewing CTA employees to determine the cause of the derailment. | Investigators are said to be reviewing security footage and interviewing CTA employees to determine the cause of the derailment. |
| They plan to interview the train driver, who remains in hospital. |