Person struck and killed by Yellow Line train in Skokie

A person was struck and killed by a CTA Yellow Line train on Thursday afternoon in north suburban Skokie.

Police said, around 12:35 p.m., emergency personnel responded to the 8400 block of Niles Center Road, after a southbound Yellow Line train hit a pedestrian on the tracks.

The victim was taken to the hospital, where they were pronounced dead. 

Skokie police and the North Regional Major Crimes Task Force were investigating why the person was on the tracks at the time. A preliminary investigation determined the gates and signals at the crossing where the person was hit were working properly. 

Police asked anyone with information on the incident to call them at (847) 982-5900.

The Yellow Line runs only from the Howard terminal in Chicago's Rogers Park neighborhood to the Dempster-Skokie terminal at 5005 Dempster St. in Skokie, with a stop at Oakton Street in Skokie in between. Service on the Yellow Line was suspended for hours after the incident, but resumed normal service by 5 p.m.