A 23-year-old man has been detained for allegedly punching a 70-year-old CTA employee in the face, causing the victim to fall from a Blue Line platform and suffer a head injury.
Amir Cordova, 23, jumped the turnstile at the Grand-Milwaukee Blue Line station, 502 North Milwaukee, around 7:12 a.m., according to a Chicago police report. The CTA employee confronted Cordova on the platform moments later.
Cordova allegedly punched the employee in the face, sending him tumbling off the platform and onto the tracks below. Prosecutors said the victim lost a tooth and suffered head injuries from the fall…