CTA Train Strikes Vehicle On Northwest Side

By Anna Deem in News on Nov 28, 2010 6:45PM

A motorist and a CTA train operator were both hospitalized on Sunday morning after a Brown Line train hit a car at 7:10 a.m. in the 4600 block of North Kedzie Avenue in Albany Park, police News Affairs Officer John Mirabelli said via the Chicago Sun-Times. According to Fire Media Affairs Chief Joe Roccasalva, the driver of the car was taken to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center in serious to critical condition and the train operator, who was only "shaken up," was taken in good condition to Illinois Masonic as well. No passengers on the train were injured. A CTA advisory alert mentioned "significant delays" on Sunday morning due to the incident, and service is suspended between the Kimball and Western stations, with shuttle buses available to provide service through the affected area.