Mysterious worker death on Green Line
The CTA was investigating the death on the track of one or its office workers Tuesday.
The Sun-Times reports that the 25-year CTA veteran in the Chicago Transit Authority technology department entered the tracks at the CTA's Clinton Station on the Green Line -- directly adjacent to his office building, the CTA's headquarters.
The guy had just returned from a week's sick leave when he climbed to the platform at Clinton and entered the tracks. He touched the third rail and was killed.
This is a very sad story.
Regarding the sad story of the CTA employee killed by the 3rd rail... many employees at CTA have been killed this way, or by falls from the right-of-way. CTA gives its operational personnel and contractors rail safety training, but many people get careless over time, and things like this happen. The right-of-way is a very dangerous place no matter how careful and well-trained you are.
Posted by: Laura | January 19, 2006 at 06:19 PM
I knew this man. he was a great, great guy...and it is a very sad story. his only son was forced to come home as he was studying abroad in England and was only there for a couple of weeks.
Posted by: unknown | January 23, 2006 at 01:40 PM