Dec. 15--A 21-year-old man was struck and killed by a CTA Brown Line train Monday evening on the Northwest Side, authorities said.
The man was struck around 9:45 p.m. near the Kedzie stop in the 4600 block of North Kedzie Avenue, according to police and CTA spokesman Jeff Tolman. Trains run at street level along that stretch.
The man was pronounced dead on the scene, police and Chicago Fire Department spokesman Jeff Lyle said. A Chicago police spokeswoman said the department was conducting a death investigation.
Abdallah Alhameedi, 20, said he was smoking a cigarette near Salam Restaurant, where he's a busboy, just south of the Kedzie stop when he saw two men fighting.
One man threw a can of beer at the other, and both started running north toward the crossing on Kedzie, Alhameedi said. Moments later, Alhameedi said he noticed a train stop and saw one of the men crying nearby.
J.J. Painter, 28, who lives nearby, said he has noticed people running across the tracks when the trains are close to the station.
"A lot of people will rush to get to their train, getting pretty close," Painter said. "I've done it myself. ... It's not smart."
