Man dies after getting pinned between CTA train, platform near 87th Street

Police are conducting a death investigation after a man died May, 3, 2021 pinned between a CTA train and the platform. | Sun-Times file photo

Red Line service was temporarily suspended between 69th and 95th Street.

A man died Monday morning after getting pinned between a CTA Red Line train and a platform at 87th Street.

The incident occurred around 2:10 a.m. in the first block of West 87th Street, Chicago police said. The man, 25 to 30 years old, was transported to the University of Chicago Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead, police said.

[Station(s) Bypassed] Howard-bound Red Line trains are running, but not stopping at 87th due to a medical emergency on tracks.

— cta (@cta) May 3, 2021

Red Line service to 95th Street was suspended south of 69th Street. Howard-bound trains did not stop at the 87th Street station.

Area Two detectives were conducting a death investigation.

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