One person was killed and over 80 people were injured Saturday when a train derailed in Chicago.
According to The Washington Post, the five-car Metra train was traveling from Joliet, Ill. to Chicago with 185 passengers and four crew members. It derailed around 8:30 a.m.
The engine and one other care ended up on its side, and there was a 30-foot gap between the two cars. The other cars remained upright but left the tracks.
The engineer, who had been operating Metra trains for only 45 days, was taken to a nearby hospital for drug tests, a routine procedure. The engineer participated in six months of training to operate the train, which included trial runs on the same route. The individual has served for more than five years as a freight train engineer, according to Metra spokeswoman Judy Pardonnet.
"The train rocked, slowed down and stopped," said Karen Birkland, who was in the second car. "We were tilting to one side.
