43 injured when trolleys collide in Philly

Forty-three people were injured Wednesday when a trolley rear-ended another trolley in West Philadelphia, a transit spokeswoman said.

None of the injuries was life-threatening, said Heather Redfern, spokeswoman for the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority. She said 38 people were injured in the first trolley and five in the second.

Details of the crash remained under investigation.

It was at least the third serious incident in less than a year for the city's trolley lines. Five people were injured May 12 after a SEPTA trolley and an SUV collided in North Philadelphia. And in February, a 2-year-old child was struck and killed by a SEPTA trolley in West Philadelphia.

Wednesday's crash took place hours after more than 100 people were injured in a commuter train crash in Brooklyn. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said none of those injuries was life-threatening. The National Transportation Safety Board was investigating.

Contributing: Susan Miller