Man Fatally Struck By Blue Line Train In Oak Park
A 24-year-old man was struck and killed by a CTA Blue Line train Tuesday evening in west suburban Oak Park.
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A 24-year-old man was struck and killed by a CTA Blue Line train Tuesday evening in west suburban Oak Park.
CTA Blue Line train service was suspended in the Loop on Tuesday morning, following a "medical emergency."
Braulio Portes, 26, was charged with one felony count of aggravated battery to a transit employee, Chicago Police announced late Monday.
The man, thought to be in his 20s, jumped onto the tracks about 12:30 a.m. in an apparent suicide attempt, police said.
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Police were warning women who ride the CTA about a man who has been snatching necklaces off women's necks, then running off the train as the doors are closing.
Police say the 22-year-old victim told authorities she was riding a southbound Blue Line train around 6 p.m. June 15 in the 100 block of West Congress Parkway when a male offender touched her inappropriately.
The man, described only as an adult, fell on the track's third rail at 530 S. Kedzie Av. about 4:45 a.m., police said. He was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he later died, according to police.
NTSB officials pointed to the trip arms and bumping posts at the O'Hare terminal at the end of the tracks, saying neither could adequately slow or stop the train, after the operator nodded off while pulling into the terminal.
A 15-year-old boy has been charged with sexually assaulting a Blue Line rider on a train earlier this week, according to Chicago police.
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The incident occurred about 6:30 a.m. when the woman was hit by an O'Hare-bound train at the Irving Park stop, CTA spokeswoman Catherine Hosinski said.
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A man was pronounced dead after he was found unresponsive on a CTA train at O'Hare International Airport early Monday.
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Officers responded to a call of a person down on the tracks between the Chicago and Division platforms at 10:23 a.m., police said. They found the body of a man who appears to be in his 20s, police said. He was dead at the scene.
Service on the 'L' tracks in the Loop was back to normal Monday afternoon, after a major headache during the morning commute forced the CTA to reroute three train lines, and riders were delayed as long as 90 minutes.
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The Damen Blue Line station reopened early Monday after undergoing more than two months of renovations. The Wicker Park neighborhood station reopened at 4 a.m., right on schedule, according to the CTA.
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A woman is dead, and a man was injured after a shooting in Lockport Township, Illinois, on Wednesday night.
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