Already have a Visualoop account? Please fill the remaining fields Our editorial team will review your application. Request a full access to Visualoop community There is a link sent to your email to reset your password. You will receive a link and instructions on how to reset your password. Return to Sign inWorst 'L' Crash in CTA History Happened 39 Years Ago Thursday [VIDEO] By Justin Breen | February 4, 2016 5:29am | CHICAGO — Thursday marks the 39th anniversary of one of the darkest days in CTA history.On Feb. 4, 1977, an "L" train crashed in the heart of Downtown during the peak of rush hour, killing 11 and injuring more than 180.Due to a reported "driver error," a Lake-Dan Ryan Line train plowed into the back of a Ravenswood train, sending four of the Lake-Dan Ryan cars tumbling off the elevated line, according to the Tribune.Two of the cars fell to the ground, while two hung between the street and tracks, the Tribune said. The crash occurred on the curve at Lake Street and Wabash Avenue on that Friday, at about 5:25 p.m."
It was horrible, just horrible," passenger Erica Williams told The Associated Press. "We were making a turn. The next thing I knew I was falling forward. I heard a terrible noise, and that was it." The driver of the Lake-Dan Ryan train, Stephen Martin, eventually was ruled responsible for the crash by the National Transportation Safety Board, the Tribune reported. Martin, 34 at the time and a CTA driver since 1969, "failed to heed a red signal" and was driving the train "at too high a speed when it crashed," the safety board said.Joy Bivins, director of curatorial affairs at Chicago History Museum, told DNAinfo Chicago the accident "led the CTA to adopt very specific safety measures.""The transit authority installed barrier girders on the four sharpest curves of the rail system; retrained train operations cited for moving violations; and began requiring its train operators to get permission from the control center before proceeding past a red signal 'on sight,' " she wrote in an email. "
Also, the CTA conducted a fairly large safety study."Ten years after the 1977 crash, 25 people were taken to hospitals after two CTA trains collided at the same curve, the Tribune reported.Many of the 1977 crash survivors told the Tribune in 1987 they continued to ride the CTA, but had "minor psychological aftereffects."Check out videos taken after the infamous 1977 accident: For more neighborhood news, listen to DNAinfo Radio here:Show All ItemsIn the last year participated in a workshop and needed to submit a project. As I was learning to work with the Arduino and I love Lego. I decided to present a project that involved both.The project consists having an Arduino controlling a LEGO train. The project objectives were:The train had to stop at the station. When is out of station had to sound a whistle. After leaving the station, the train had to be transferred to the interior line. When fulfilled two laps in the indoor line was again transferred to the outside lineStep 1: What you needShow All ItemsLEGO piecesFor the sensors mount For the servo mountArduino and other components1 arduino1 buzzer2 obstacle sensors1 servo2 IR Led'sjumper cablesUTP cable 1 breadboard1 220kohms resistor.
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One theory under investigation is that she climbed on to the belt to grab a pushchair which had become stuck inWhen it began to move, she apparently lost her balance and dropped the baby carrier, according to Spanish newspaper Informacion.Airport staff said the accident happened in seconds, giving the mother no time to react. airport worker added: ‘The youngster ended up trapped in a 10cm hole where two belts converge. The boy appeared to have suffered from a witnesses said the mother was standing beside the carousel holding her son and lost her grip as she leaned down to grab the pram. female easyJet worker said: ‘We heard the baby was in a carrier, but it tipped over and his head became trapped in a gap while it was moving. It is so sad.’ believed to have travelled to the resort town of Denia, 60 miles from the airport and are staying at the hotel where they were due to be Cross has sent a psychologist and social worker to support them.
airport spokesman said: ‘A woman was travelling with her baby and her child on Wednesday when there was an accident. The mother's horrified cries brought airport personnel including police and security to the scene A five-month-old baby has died after an horrific accident on a baggage collection belt at Alicante-Elche Airport (pictured) The baby boy was placed on the conveyer belt at Alicante airport (pictured) when it was activated and he was killed ‘It all happened very quickly. The staff and the doctor went immediately to assist the baby but they could not help.’ spokesman dismissed police claims that the carousel had been stationary when the ‘baby carrier’s weight activated the belt’, setting it in‘It wouldn’t start automatically from something being placed onSpanish police said the parents had been questioned and officers were investigating. airport managers visited the scene to photograph the baggage belt, which was meant specifically for larger items such as bicycles,
46-year-old woman from Essex, who had been waiting beside the carousel when the accident happened, said: ‘It doesn’t look dangerous because itI just can’t imagine how it happened.’But airport staff later said the woman, who was travelling with an older child as well, clambered onto the luggage belt, after the pushchair got stuck in a chute. As she couldn't reach it, she placed her foot on an 'automatic mechanism' which set the belt in motion.The mother’s horrified screams brought airport personnel, including police and security, to the scene. staff attempted to revive him but he had visible injuries to the head, and appeared to have suffered a cranial fracture, Informacion reported.He was declared dead at the scene, in the baggage hall of Alicante- Elche airport.The baby was pronounced dead by the airport’s on-call doctor.'The youngster ended up trapped in a 10cm hole where two belts converge,' it said.'The boy appeared to have suffered from a fractured skull.'There were reports that the family had to
wait until a judge arrived before the baby could be moved, in accordance with Spanish law. Alicante Airport management company Aena said the baby was on the belt that delivers outsize luggage when the accident happened Paramedics rushed to save the child's life at the airport but he was declared dead at the scene The unnamed family had flown from London with budget airline easyJet.The woman’s husband, who had been previously reported as travelling separately from his family, was reportedly with his children and partner in the baggage hall when the incident happened. disembarking from the plane shortly before midnight on Wednesday, the mother and her two children entered the terminal and arrived at theSpanish police said the dead baby's parents have been questioned. spokesman for Guardia Civil in Alicante said: 'I can confirm the death of a five month old baby at the airport. We are investigating the'As part of the investigation the mother and father have been questioned.'A spokesman for the Forensic Anatomy Service in Alicante confirmed that a post-mortem had taken place.
He said: 'The results of the tests will not be available for at least two weeks, and not until they are passed to the courts, who will review the case.'The family were said to be travelling to the nearby resort town of Denia and are staying at the hotel where they were due to be holidaying as they deal with the aftermath of the tragedy.Civil Guard and National Police spokesmen confirmed that the mother is American and the father is Canadian, CNN reported. The Guardia Civil were the first to respond to the accident at the airport but she was declared dead at the scene One airport worker said the baby boy was crushed by the conveyer belt after it was activated Police sources said the boy's American mother had flown into Alicante-Elche Airport from Gatwick with the little boy and his older brother Officials could not confirm the exact circumstances of the death. Passengers at Alicante airport appeared unaware of the tragedy as they stood next to the luggage belt to collect their pushchairs and
A group of British men sat on the edge of the belt as they waited for golf clubs, while a group of teenagers collected theirAn emergency stop button was visible on both sides of the belt, while a sign warned there was a 'risk of entrapment' and showed a picture of a hand reaching out towards cogs.The Guardia Civil said it was investigating the incident, but said it was treating the matter as an accident. The family had just arrived for a holiday in the Spanish resort when the tragedy happenedA spokesman said: ‘We are still in the early stages of the investigation and looking at CCTV footage, but it seems that it was an accident.‘The mother left the baby on the conveyor belt, which can be activated by detecting weight or by an airport employee.‘It seems that the baby carrier’s weight activated the belt and the child was trapped in the rollers in the drop zone.’A spokesman at the American embassy in Madrid said: 'The U.S. Embassy in Madrid is aware of the tragic death of a U.S. citizen child in Alicante and is providing appropriate consular assistance.