CTA Red Line disrupted after man jumps from moving train
Police said a man forced open the doors of a train near the 79th/Dan Ryan stop and jumped out. He did not survive. Lauren Victory and Kris Habermehl report.
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Police said a man forced open the doors of a train near the 79th/Dan Ryan stop and jumped out. He did not survive. Lauren Victory and Kris Habermehl report.
Passengers were evacuated from a train and had to walk on the tracks to the 79th Street stop. Lauren Victory reports.
Service on the Chicago Transit Authority Red Line was halted between the 95th/Dan Ryan and Garfield stops. Kris Habermehl has a transit update.
Service on the CTA Red Line was suspended on much of Chicago's South Side early Tuesday due to an unauthorized person on the tracks. Kris Habermehl has a transit update.
Chicago police are looking to identify two suspects, who they said robbed someone while riding a CTA Red Line train in the Englewood neighborhood on Sept. 6
Chicago police said Shannon Stephens, 23, and Jamarion Gray, 21, robbed the passenger while on a Red Line train early Friday morning.
Shannon Stephens, 23, of Chicago's North Austin neighborhood, and Jamarion Gray, 21, of Hazel Crest, were arrested a block apart shortly after 2 a.m. Friday.
Police said the victim was fighting with another unknown man inside the train car, who pulled out a sharp object and stabbed the victim multiple times in the upper body.
CTA Red Line service was temporarily suspended between Howard to Belmont, and Purple Line trains are running with residual delays.
The Chicago Transit Authority said there was a minor derailment of a Yellow Line/Skokie Swift train at Howard. The cause was unknown, and no injuries were reported.
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