42 injured when high-speed SEPTA train crashes at 69th Street Terminal in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania

Modified Date: 
Tue, 05/09/2023 - 4:14pm
Accident Date: 
Tuesday, August 22, 2017

SEPTA: 42 Injured After Train Crashes At 69th Street Terminal

According to SEPTA, the Norristown high-speed line trolley was pulling into the terminal when it crashed into an empty train parked on the tracks.

Passenger: Train was moving ‘super fast’ before crash that injured 42

A passenger, Raymond Woodard, told WPVI-TV, that he was riding home from work when the train crashed.

“I heard the train going real fast … like, super-fast,” Woodard said. “And I looked up, and I saw that we’re at 69th Street and said, ‘Why are we going so fast?’ And then we just hit the train. Boom! I fell out of my chair, glass from the window shattered, I hit my head. Everybody was on the floor.”

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