CHICAGO (AP) – A 35-year-old woman has died in Chicago after she fell on train tracks and was struck by a train.
Chicago Police say the woman was standing on the platform just south of downtown just before 6 a.m. on Friday when she apparently suffered a medical and fell onto the Red Line tracks.
The Chicago Tribune reports that police say when emergency crews reached the woman she was “under a rail and showed signs of electrocution.” She was pronounced dead at the scene.
Police say two Chicago Transit Authority workers were also taken to nearby police after suffering panic attacks.
The name of the woman has not been released.
