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April 30 (UPI) -- A collision Tuesday day betwixt a Los Angeles Metro train and a University of Southern California autobus injured 55 people, including much than a twelve who were sent nan hospital, pinch 2 successful captious condition.
The clang occurred erstwhile nan USC shuttle autobus crossed into nan way of a southbound Metro E Line train astatine astir noon PDT astatine Watt Way and Exposition Boulevard successful Los Angeles' Exposition Park neighborhood, ABC News and nan Los Angeles Times reported.
No children aliases juveniles were among those injured, and16 of those sent to nan infirmary were successful adjacent information while different 37 were treated and released astatine nan mishap scene, nan Los Angeles Fire Department announced.
Two of those sent to nan infirmary were riding connected nan autobus and 14 were connected nan train, nan LAFD said.
"Metro offers its sympathies to those injured during this accident," officials pinch nan Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority said successful a statement.
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass said connected X that first responders were connected nan scene.
"Thank you for responding to this emergency and assisting nan much than 50 Angelenos affected by nan collision," she said.
The light-rail statement runs from East Los Angeles to Santa Monica pinch nan way mostly astatine thoroughfare level. Some roadworthy crossings don't person gates to pass postulation of an oncoming train.
