38 injured, 3 critically in CTA Yellow Line train crash near Howard Station

CHICAGO (WLS-7) Has reported that at least 38 people were hurt, three critically, in a crash involving a CTA train Thursday morning in the city's Rogers Park neighborhood on the north side, according to Chicago Fire Department.

The crash happened at 10:39 a.m. near 7500 N. Paulina, near the Howard Street Stop along the Red and Yellow lines.

Officials said a two-car Skokie Swift train was traveling southbound when it struck a CTA snow removal vehicle that was also traveling southbound in the Howard rail yard.

"All I know is the passenger train was traveling at its normal speed, if you will, if they didn't tell me what it was. And the other vehicle was not traveling very fast at all. They were on the same track," said CFD 2nd District Chief Robert Jurewicz.

CFD said 23 patients were transported to hospitals and 15 people refused. Their conditions range from serious to fair. Seven of the injured includes CTA personnel.

Officials said none of the injuries are life-threatening.