BREAKING NEWS: At least 38 people are injured, including three critically, after Chicago train crashes into snow machine

Three people are critically ill and 35 others were injured after a train collision on a busy commuter line in Chicago.

Fifteen ambulances have already been dispatched to the scene of the crash between two trains on the same line in the Rogers Park neighborhood shortly after 10.30am today.

‘There are multiple injuries involved here,’ reported Nick Lorber of NBCSky5.

‘A CRA Yellow Line train involved in a crash w what appears to be snow removal equipment. An EMS Plan 2. 10+ ambulances.’

The Chicago Fire Department officials said four children were among the injured, and 23 people had been taken to hospital while another 15 others were treated at the scene. 

In a statement the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) said: ‘According to preliminary information, at approximately 10.39am we received a report of a Yellow Line train making contact with rail equipment in the Howard Rail Yard.

‘Both Yellow and Purple Line service has been suspended.’

The passenger train was headed southbound from the suburb of Skokie, Illinois toward the north Chicago neighborhood of Rogers Park. 

Seven of the injured are CTA staff.

CFD Assistant Deputy Chief Keith Gray said most of the injuries were bumps and bruises, with a few head injuries. 

Passengers on a train in nearby Evanston had to be evacuated when the CTA cut power to the Purple Line in the wake of the accident.

'My administration is closely monitoring the train derailment on the North Side and will direct any available resources needed,' Governor JB Pritzker posted on X, formerly Twitter. 

'Thank you to the CFD firefighters and first responders on the scene.'

This is a breaking news story.