Construction Worker Electrocuted on North Side

A construction worker on a CTA contract was electrocuted in Lincoln Park Saturday at about 5 p.m. while working on the Brown Line in the 800 block of West North Avenue, according to police. The man was in the bucket of a lift truck when he touched a live power line, according to the CTA.

ComEd was contacted to turn off power lines after the accident. Brown Line trains were not running at the time due to the work being performed on the line. The man’s identity had not been released late Saturday.