Blue Line Subway Train Kills Man

In Chicago, an unidentified man was killed by a CTA Blue Line subway train in the Loop Wednesday, October 28, 2009. Around 1:15 p.m. the man was hit by a southbound train at the Monroe station. Fire personnel pulled the victim’s body from the tracks, but he had already died. The southbound Blue Line service was shut down between the Grand and Racine stops, which are on the path that includes the downtown stretch. However, the southbound lines were back up by 3 p.m. There were unconfirmed reports that the man had jumped in front of the train.