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Child, Driver Seriously Injured After Car Collides With Muni Train In SF's West Portal

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) -- The tracks have cleared following a collision involving an L-Taraval train and a vehicle that sent two people to the hospital Friday afternoon, according to Muni officials.

The collision, reported shortly before 4:30 p.m., derailed a light-rail vehicle on Ulloa Street at 14th Avenue, according to police.

The vehicle's driver and passenger, a 9-year-old child, were both transported to San Francisco General Hospital with serious injuries but are expected to survive, police said.

No Muni passengers were injured.

L-Taraval trains were switching back at Taraval Street at 22nd Avenue, and at 19th Avenue and Holloway Street during the incident and bus shuttles were in place.

Muni, Car Collide
A Muni light rail and a car collided Friday afternoon at 14th and Ulloa. (CBS)

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