Chicago Car Accident Attorney Blog

Police say that rainy weather played a role in a crash that sent a car off the Eisenhower Expressway onto the Blue Line track causing the car to become pinned under an oncoming train.

Dale Ellis was a passenger on the train that was involved in the crash. "Just going on normally. All of a sudden it felt like we got hit by something. There was a dragging and a lot of shaking. All the lights went off in the car and the doors popped open. then the train finally came to a stop. Everybody was running around tyring to see if every body was okay."

Nine of the train's passengers were treated at area hospitals for minor injuries. Fortunately no on one was seriously injured.