One person was killed and another was seriously injured in a motorcycle crash Friday on the Dan Ryan Expressway on the South Side.
The motorcycle hit the concrete median about 1 a.m. on the southbound express lanes of I-94 near 47th Street, according to Illinois State Police. Two people were thrown from the bike and landed on the adjacent CTA Red Line tracks.
A female was dead at the scene, while a male was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center in serious condition, state police said.
A body could be seen covered with a sheet on the tracks near the 47th Street station as authorities investigated.
The Cook County medical examiner’s office has not released details about the fatality.
Service on the Red Line was suspended between 35th and 63rd but resumed by 7:30 a.m., according to service alerts from the CTA. Trains resumed making stops at the 47th Street station at 9 a.m.
The southbound express lanes of I-94 were closed for several hours near 47th as troopers investigated, state police said. They reopened shortly before 7:30 a.m.
