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<p>UPPER DARBY, Pa. (AP) &#8212; A regional rail train crashed into a parked train at a suburban Philadelphia terminal early Tuesday morning, injuring dozens of passengers and the train&#8217;s operator, a regional rail spokeswoman said.</p><p>Rail spokeswoman Heather Redfern said none of the 42 people hurt in the crash suffered life-threatening injuries. &#8220;Some were considered walking wounded,&#8221; she said.</p><p>An inbound Norristown High Speed train crashed into an unoccupied train at the 69th Street Terminal in Upper Darby around 12:15 a.m. Tuesday. Redfern said hours later that the train operator had been treated at a hospital and released.</p><p>A passenger, Raymond Woodard, told WPVI-TV, that he was riding home from work when the train crashed.</p><p>&#8220;I heard the train going real fast &#8230; like, super-fast,&#8221; Woodard said. &#8220;And I looked up, and I saw that we&#8217;re at 69th Street and said, &#8216;Why are we going so fast?&#8217; And then we just hit the train. Boom! I fell out of my chair, glass from the window shattered, I hit my head. Everybody was on the floor.&#8221;</p><p>Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority officials are investigating the cause.</p><p>Redfern said Norristown trains resumed normal operation but no express trains were running. She said commuters could expect some delays.</p><p>In an earlier news briefing, Upper Darby Mayor Nicholas Micozzie said the injured were taken to local hospitals.</p><p>One passenger told reporters that the operator of the train was &#8220;all banged up&#8221; and the scene was bloody.</p><p>In February, four people were injured in a crash near the 69th Street Terminal involving three out-of-service commuter trains. At the time, SEPTA said one train rear-ended another on a loop where trains turn around to get back into service. Cars from that accident derailed and hit a third train on nearby tracks.</p><style>
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Passenger: Train moving ‘super-fast’ injures 42 in suburban Philadelphia crash