2 Arrested After Car Hits CTA Pink Line Train In Cicero

CHICAGO, IL — A car hit a Pink Line Train early Thursday morning in Cicero. CTA said the driver of the car was injured after trying to go around the crossing gate. The train was approaching the station near 50th Avenue and 21st Place just before 2 a.m. when it was hit by a Silver 2013 Nissan, according to Town of Cicero spokesperson Ray Hanania.

Westbound Pink Line service was suspended for several hours between Central Park and 54th/Cermak. The CTA provided shuttle buses between the two stops.

A passenger on the train told CBS Chicago that he felt a "big crash" and then the lights and power went out. The passenger said he looked out the window and saw a car wedged up between the train and the broken grossing gate.

CTA said the driver of the car, a woman, 32, and a man in the passenger seat abandoned the vehicle after the crash. The man was found about half an hour after the crash about six blocks away at 15th Street and 49th Avenue, and the woman was found at a nearby home in the 2100 block of 50th Avenue, Hanania said.

Both have been taken into custody pending a DUI investigation. The driver was taken to the hospital and treated for minor injuries.

CTA said there were ten passengers on the train at the time, but none were injured. The train operator was taken to the hospital for treatment of minor injuries.

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