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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Violet Miller

More lawsuits filed against CTA following Yellow Line-snow plow crash

A person injured on the Nov 16 crash of a Yellow Line train near the Howard station is taken to an ambulance. Thirty-eight people were injured. The Yellow Line remains closed. (Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times)

Two more lawsuits have been filed over the Nov. 16 Yellow Line crash that injured 38 people, according to attorneys representing some victims.

A southbound Skokie Swift train hit snow removal equipment on the tracks near the Howard station. Twenty-three people were sent to hospitals.

Zubair Hussain was hospitalized for three days in “pretty bad shape.” He was knocked unconscious by the impact, according to Joseph Murphy, a partner at Clifford Law Offices, which is representing Hussain and other victims.

The other suit was filed by 19-year-old DePaul student Alishan Zaidi, who is also represented by Clifford. Zaidi told the Sun-Times on Sunday he’s more cautious of riding L trains since the crash.

Murphy said his clients “want to hold the CTA accountable and make sure it never happens again because they’re still going to ride the CTA. A lot of these folks rely on it.”

The Yellow Line remains closed with no expected reopening date, though shuttle bus service is available between Howard and the Dempster-Skokie stations until the train line reopens.

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