Man Dies While Running After CTA Bus

By Rachel Cromidas in News on Dec 4, 2015 4:19PM

A man is dead after running after a CTA bus on the far West Side, trying to get the driver to stop, authorities say.

The man started chasing the bus on West North Avenue in North Austin Thursday night around 10:30 p.m. and began hitting the side of the bus to signal to the driver, the Tribune reports.

It's unclear how the man died; the driver stopped the bus and the man was found on the ground with injuries. A police investigation showed the bus and the man had made contact, but the man's injuries did not appear to show that he had been run over. He was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital and pronounced dead.

The investigation is still ongoing. CTA buses are involved in a crash on average of once every 36 hours, according to city data.