Red Line service resumes with delays after person pulled from tracks near 47th
Police said officers were dispatched to check on a person’s well-being and removed someone from the tracks in the 4200 block of South Wentworth Avenue.
Service was halted for nearly half an hour Monday on the CTA Red Line because of a person on the tracks on the South Side.
Trains were stopped in both directions shortly before 3:30 p.m. because of an “unauthorized person on the tracks” near the 47th Street station, 220 W. 47th St., according to a service alert from the CTA.
A CTA spokeswoman said power was cut and police responded to the area.
Police said officers were dispatched at 3:25 p.m. to check on a person’s well-being and removed someone from the tracks in the 4200 block of South Wentworth Avenue. It was not immediately clear whether the person was taken into custody or brought to a hospital.
The person was not injured, according to the CTA.
Service resumed with residual delays by 3:53 p.m., according to the CTA.
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