Teenage boy fatally hit by Metra Electric train on South Side

CBS News Chicago

Metra Electric trains were disrupted Thursday evening after a train hit and killed a 16-year-old boy on the city's South Side.

Metra said just before 7 p.m., Metra Electric train No. 345, scheduled to arrive at 93rd Street/South Chicago at 8:38 p.m., hit a pedestrian around 27th Street.

The identity of the victim was not released. 

After the accident, all inbound and outbound trains were halted near the scene. As of Friday, all trains have resumed normal operations.

The Metra Electric line operates on the old Illinois Central commuter train tracks.

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