A person was hit and killed by a CTA Blue Line train Tuesday morning in downtown Chicago, disrupting service for nearly two hours.
Police said, shortly before 9 a.m., an unknown male was hit by a Blue Line train at the Washington stop. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene, but his name and age were not immediately available.
The Chicago Transit Authority said Blue Line service was suspended between UIC-Halsted on the West Side/Eisenhower Expressway branch and Grand Avenue on the northwest branch to O’Hare International Airport after the victim was hit. As of 10:45 a.m., the CTA said Blue Line trains had resumed running in the Loop, but were bypassing the Washington stop. Shuttle buses were providing service between Clark/Lake and Monroe…