Person struck by CTA train on Near North Side
SUN-TIMES MEDIA WIRE February 14, 2012 12:26PM
A person was struck by a CTA train at CTA Red Line Station, Clark & Division Tuesday, February 14, 2012. | John H. White~Chicago Sun-Times.
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Updated: February 14, 2012 1:55PM
A person was struck and pinned under a CTA train late Tuesday morning in the Old Town neighborhood on the Near North Side.
Paramedics were called to a report of a person under a train at 11:56 a.m. near Clark and Division, according to Fire Media Affairs. That person was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital in serious to critical condition.
CTA spokeswoman Catherine Hosinski said a person “made contact” with a Red Line train, but she had no information about the person’s condition.
The train’s engineer was also hospitalized. CTA spokeswoman Lambrini Lukidis said the driver suffered no physical injuries, but may have suffered shock or trauma from the incident.
He was also taken to Northwestern Hospital in good condition, Fire Media Affairs said.
Power was removed from the subway tracks in the area, and all north- and southbound Red Line trains ran on the elevated tracks between the Fullerton and Chinatown/Cermak stops, Hosinski said.
Power was restored to the southbound subway tracks about 12:45 p.m., Lukidis said, though the Clark/Division stop was being bypassed.
Northbound trains were still running on the elevated tracks, making stop at the elevated stations at Armitage, Sedgwick, Franklin, Merchandise Mart, Clark/Lake, State/Lake, Randolph/Wabash, Madison/Wabash, Adams/Wabash and Roosevelt.
Shuttle buses were also available to provide connecting service between Fullerton and Clark/Lake, according to a CTA alert.
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