The crash between the passenger-laden mass transit vehicles was reported to the Los Angeles Fire Department at 6:58AM on August 27, 2012, bringing a swift and structured response of 119 LAFD personnel to 1900 South San Pedro Street in the Washington Boulevard Corridor.
According to witnesses and transit officials, the Long Beach bound light-rail train was traveling east at-grade in the roadway median, when it collided with a southbound Line 51 bus. The train remained upright and on the tracks, while the bus continued to strike and topple a traffic signal on the southwest corner of San Pedro Street and Washington Boulevard.
No one was trapped in the bus, and there were no reports of injury to pedestrians or nearby motorists. Within moments, Fire Department responders had assembled a triage system that identified 48 persons as in need or desirous of medical evaluation.
Following triage and on-site treatment, a total of thirty-two persons from the bus and train were taken to nine area hospitals by LAFD ambulance. They included 31 men and women who sustained minor injuries and were described as being in good condition, as well as one man who took ill, being described as in fair condition.
The collision is being investigated by Los Angeles Police Department, with assistance of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, which provides contract policing services to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), a countywide transit agency.
Dispatched Units: E10 RA10 E9 T9 HR56 EM11 BC1 E15 T10 E210 RA9 RA209 RA14 EM3 RA17 EM13 RA4 RA810 RA809 RA814 RA821 RA803 E14 E17 E215 T15 E221 T21 SQ21 DC1 BC11 EM5 EM9 RA13 RA21 RA3 RA25 RA2 RM3 HR56 RA811 RA846 RA826 RA829 RA20 RA804 RA834 RA844 RA850 RA27 MT3 E3[ video ]
Submitted by Brian Humphrey, Spokesman
Los Angeles Fire Department
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