Light rail train and city bus collide in Phoenix

Posted on 04. Jun, 2009 by Tony Arranaga in News

Oops.

A light rail train and city bus collided this morning in downtown Phoenix.

Both train and bus were headed southbound on 1st Avenue near Washington Street around 6:30 a.m. when the driver of the bus went to make a right turn and hit the oncoming train, according to this video report on KTVK‘s website and this report on the ABC 15 website.

There have been close to two dozen crashes involving the new light rail system since the debut of the new system back in December.

METRO has since tried to educate passengers and motorists in the Phoenix area about safety around light rail tracks.  See the latest education campaign here.

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