Metro Blue Line train collides with transit bus

A man placed in a neck brace is taken to an ambulance after a Metro bus collided with a Blue Line train near downtown Los Angeles.  (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)

Firefighters and other emergency personnel deal with the aftermath of the collision of the bus and train. A Fire Department spoeksman called it “every paramedic¿s worst nightmare -- a traffic collision between mass transit vehicles.¿   (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)

A woman is taken to an ambulance after the collision between the bus and light-rail train.  (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)

The Blue Line train did not derail despite hitting a Metro bus.   (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)