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Man Pleads Guilty In CTA Track Electrocution
CHICAGO (STMW) – The third of four men charged with beating and chasing another man on a Red Line subway platform from where he fell and was electrocuted pleaded guilty to murder Tuesday after two...
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Vehicle Drives Onto Brown Line Tracks, Catches Fire
CHICAGO (STMW) – A vehicle drove onto Brown Line tracks, hit the third rail and caught fire Sunday morning, causing major delays. The driver drove the vehicle onto ground-level tracks at 4848 N. Kedzie...
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Man Dies After Peeing On ‘L’ Tracks In Evanston
EVANSTON, Ill. (CBS) — An Indiana man died overnight, after coming into contact with the electrified third rail as he urinated on the Purple Line ‘L’ tracks in Evanston. The man was at the South...
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Woman Injured After Falling On Third Rail At Howard ‘L’ Terminal
CHICAGO (CBS) — A woman fell and touched the electrified third rail at the Howard CTA Red Line terminal Sunday night. As WBBM Newsradio’s Bernie Tafoya reports, Chicago Transit Authority spokeswoman...
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Loyola Student Electrocuted By Third Rail On Red Line
CHICAGO (CBS) — A Loyola University senior is dead, after falling onto the electrified third rail on the CTA Red Line tracks early Saturday. John Versnel, 21, of the 6500 block of North Lakewood...
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Possibly Intoxicated Man Dies After Falling On Third Rail Of Red Line
CHICAGO (STMW) – A California man died early Friday after he fell off the Addison Red Line train platform and came into contact with the third rail, authorities said. Otis Carmichael, of West Covina,...
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CTA Worker Hospitalized After Touching Third Rail On Yellow Line
SKOKIE, Ill. (CBS) – A CTA employee suffered flash burns to his face on Tuesday, when he was shocked as he apparently made contact with the third rail along the Yellow Line in north suburban Skokie....
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