Crime & Safety
CTA Bus Slams Into Several Cars, Injuring 5 People On Chicago's South Side
Surveillance footage showed the bus swerving back and forth, jumping a curb and taking a light pole with it.
June 11, 2024
CHICAGO (CBS) – A CTA bus was involved in a multi-vehicle crash in the Bridgeport neighborhood on the city's South Side Monday morning that sent five people to the hospital.
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The CTA said the accident happened near the intersection of 25th Street and Halsted Street. Because of the crash, parts of 35th Street and Halsted Street were closed for some time, and the no. 35 buses were also temporarily rerouted.
Surveillance footage showed the bus swerving back and forth, jumping a curb and taking a light pole with it. The bus also hit a tree, bike racks and the side of a building before colliding with several cars.
