Daily News | 4 injured in yet another SEPTA crash that derailed a trolley
A SEPTA trolley and a car collided early Sunday morning in the city’s Kingsessing neighborhood injuring four people and causing the trolley to derail in yet another mishap involving the transit system.
The crash occurred around 6:30 a.m. at the intersection of South 52nd Street and Chester Avenue and resulted in “minor injuries” to the trolley operator and three passengers, said Andrew Busch, a SEPTA spokesperson.“There was nothing the trolley operator could do to avoid the collision,” Busch said.SEPTA’s System Safety Division and Philadelphia police are conducting an investigation into the incident.
Sunday’s crash in Southwest Philadelphia comes as SEPTA continues to assess processes and procedures afterinvolving its buses and trolleys in a week last month that resulted in one death and at least 12 injuries. The transit authority has been reluctant to link the incidents but has acknowledged ongoing struggles with staffing. As part of its investigation, SEPTA said it planned to get feedback from employees on safety issues.
Prior to Sunday’s incident, the most recent serious crash was July 27 when an out-of-service SEPTA trolley rolled out of a trolley yard and into the street with a mechanic onboard beforehistoric home in Southwest Philadelphia, injuring the mechanic and two passengers in the SUV.
According to SEPTA, there were 884 vehicular accidents on buses and trolleys in the first half of this year , compared to 1,521 in the first half of 2022.
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