(Reuters) – Some 20 to 25 people were injured on Friday when two trains collided on a commuter line near Fairfield, Connecticut, but there were no reports of fatalities, police and transit authorities said on Friday.
The accident occurred when an eastbound train on the Metro North Railroad derailed and collided with a westbound train near Fairfield, said Metropolitan Transit Authority spokesman Aaron Donovan.
The cause of the derailment was not immediately known.
Fairfield police spokesman Matt Panilaitis said none of those involved in the accident were believed to be suffering from life-threatening injuries.
Dianne Auger, a spokeswoman for St Vincent’s Medical Center in Bridgeport, said nine people were taken to the hospital as a result of the accident and one was listed in serious condition with head injuries.
St. Vincent’s and another nearby hospital were told to prepare to receive about 180 patients, Auger said.
Fairfield is about 50 miles north of New York City.
(Reporting by Dan Whitcomb and Sharon Bernstein; Editing by Cynthia Johnston and Christopher Wilson)
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Nearly 50 hurt as two trains collide in Connecticut
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