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Good Samaritan Helps Teen Whose Car Stalled On Train Tracks
A 17-year old southwest suburban boy has every reason to count his blessings after a close call with a Metra train.
Cop Removes Rooster From Blue Line Subway Tracks
It’s not unusual for the CTA to have to temporarily halt service on one of its trains because of an object or a person on the train tracks, but a live rooster? That’s what happened early Monday morning in the Logan Square neighborhood.
Vehicle Drives Onto Brown Line Tracks, Catches Fire
A vehicle drove onto Brown Line tracks, hit the third rail and caught fire Sunday morning, causing major delays.
Man Dies After Jumping Onto Red Line Tracks
A man is dead after he jumped from a CTA train Sunday afternoon in an apparent suicide on the South Side, police said.
Men Rescue Woman From Path Of Train In Chesterton
Three men saved a woman from certain death on Wednesday after they rushed to pull her from a car stopped in the path of an oncoming train
Woman Found Dead Near Train Tracks
HARVEY, Ill. (STMW) – Police are investigating the death of a Harvey woman after her body was found Sunday morning along railroad tracks in the south suburb.
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