Los Angeles Blue Line Train Collides With Minivan Near Downtown, 12 Passengers and Driver Injuried

More than 12 people in the downtown Los Angeles area were hospitalized after a Blue Line train crashed into a vehicle on Tuesday morning.

According to a report by the Los Angeles Times, the train hit the car at around 9:55 a.m. while travelling through the 300 block of East Washington Boulevard. Los Angeles Fire Department representative Katherine Main told the Times that the only person inside the vehicle sustained minor injuries.

13 people in total were wounded from the accident, Main reported - two suffered serious injuries, while 10 were in fair states. One of the injured people refused hospitalization.

"We have 10 confirmed injuries on the train itself, all described as non-life-threatening, mostly described as cuts," Metro spokesperson Paul Gonzales told the Times during a phone interview from the scene of the incident.

The Blue Line, which operates from Long Beach to Downtown Los Angeles, reportedly hit the car between Grand and San Pedro Street stations, according to the train's map and schedule.

The minivan was said to have ran a red light and hit the train, which was headed north.

The driver of the car was sent to a nearby medical facility, and is slated to survive the crash.

The Blue Line train has resumed normal service, after emergency response crews cleaned up the site by 11 in the morning. Immediately after the accident, trains were rerouted into "single tracking" formation between the Venice station and Washington station, Metro rep Marc Litton told City News Service. During this time, some trains experienced delays of almost 15 minutes.

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