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Metro train collides with car in Pasadena; 2 injured
A Metro train collided with a Toyota Corolla Sunday, briefly shutting down service on the Gold Line.
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A Metro train collided with a Toyota Corolla Sunday, briefly shutting down service on the Gold Line.
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Richard Core / KPCC
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A Metro train collided with a Toyota Corolla Sunday, briefly shutting down service on the Gold Line.
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Richard Core / KPCC
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A Metro train collided with a Toyota Corolla Sunday, briefly shutting down service on the Gold Line.
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Richard Core/ KPCC
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Two men were injured Sunday when their car collided with a Metro Gold Line train near the Fillmore Station in Pasadena.
The collision occurred at about 11:30 a.m. on the southbound track on California Boulevard between Raymond Avenue and South Arroyo Parkway.
A passenger on the train, Stephanie Chacon, 24, was on her way home to Highland Park when the collision occurred.
"All I know is there was a very major boom," she said. "The gates were apparently down and somehow the car made it through there."
Pasadena Fire Department spokeswoman Lisa Derderian said the car, a gray Toyota Corolla, was crossing the tracks westbound on California Boulevard when it was struck by the southbound train. The car was spun around and came to rest against a crossing-gate pole.
The two men in the car were taken to the hospital.
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None of the 24 passengers on the train were injured, Derderian said. The passengers were transferred to another southbound train on an adjacent track at 12:28 p.m.
The crash temporarily shut down California Avenue at the accident site. The street was reopened at about 2:25 p.m.
The cause of the crash is under investigation.
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