Blue Line (Los Angeles Metro) - Incidents

Incidents

• In September 2008 a Blue Line train struck a M.T.A bus on one of the tracks; 15 people were injured. A mechanic was taking the bus on a test run and was not injured. This incident happened only one week after the 2008 Chatsworth train collision in which 25 people died following a head-on collision between a Metrolink train and a freight train.
• In July 2009 a man was killed by a Metro Blue Line train south of Artesia Station. The cause of the collision is unknown.
• In November 2009 a woman was struck and killed by a train near the Willowbrook station.
• In December 2009, a 65 year-old man was struck and killed by an oncoming train at the intersection of Long Beach Avenue and Vernon Avenue as the train was approaching Vernon station.
• In January 2010, an automobile collided with a Blue Line train at Washington and Olive.
• In July 2010, a Blue Line train which reportedly ran a red light struck a Police Cruiser on 16th Street & Long Beach Boulevard.
• In the same month eight people were injured, six of whom were aboard the bus when a Blue Line train collided with another M.T.A bus at Broadway and Washington Boulevard.