CTA service on Red, Brown and Purple Express lines resumes after body found on tracks at Belmont

ByABC7 Chicago Digital Team WLS logo
Friday, April 1, 2022
CTA service resumes after body found on tracks at Belmont
CTA service on the North Side was disrupted Friday morning after a body was found on the tracks near Belmont.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- CTA service on the North Side was disrupted Friday morning after a body was found on the tracks near Belmont.

Chicago police said a man, 25-35 years old, was found on the southbound inner tracks of the Belmont station by a conductor. at about 3:19 a.m. He suffered major head trauma and was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.

Police are conducting a death investigation.

The CTA resumed by 6 a.m. after earlier being temporarily suspended. Shuttle buses were in place.