Orange Line Service Resumes After Train-Pedestrian Incident
CHICAGO (CBS) -- CTA commuters were temporarily stymied on the Orange Line during the Friday rush hour after a train fatally struck a man on the tracks.
Service was suspended in both directions between Roosevelt and 35th/Archer. Images from Chopper 2 showed a man slumped along the side of a train, which was traveling on an elevated portion of the tracks in the Bridgeport neighborhood.
The incident happened near 23rd Place and Archer around 4:30 p.m.
Archer was closed in the area.
CTA provided shuttle service both directions between Roosevelt and 35th and Archer. Service was restored by evening.
