Chicago train derailment sends 120 to hospital (AFP)

CHICAGO (AFP) - About 120 people were sent to hospital with minor injuries after a Chicago subway train derailed during rush hour, authorities said. The back two wheels of an eight-car train came off the track, causing a fire and filling a tunnel with thick smoke during rush hour Tuesday, Frank Kruesi, president of the Chicago Transit Authority told a press conference. "The elements under the train caught fire," he said, adding that the department was still trying to determine whether the fire ...