Teen Boy Fatally Struck By Yellow Line Train In Evanston

Evanston IL

26 March, 2021

2:00 PM

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EVANSTON, IL — A teenage boy was struck and killed by a train Friday morning on the CTA Yellow Line tracks in Evanston, authorities said. Around 6:45 a.m., Evanston Fire Department personnel were dispatched to the tracks just east of Dodge Avenue for a report that a person had been hit by a train, fire officials said. An investigation indicates the boy was a 14-year-old Chicago resident, according to police. He was not immediately identified. Skokie Swift service was suspended from before 7 a.m. to about 8:45 a.m. Friday morning, according to CTA alerts. Friday morning's incident marks the second person fatally struck by a train in Evanston in the past 10 days. On March 16, a 38-year-old resident of Chicago's Edgewater neighborhood was found dead after being struck by a Metra train near the Davis station. According to the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office, the investigation into his death is pending. Evanston Police and Fire department crews are pictured at the scene of the fatal March 16 incident. (Evanston FD)