CTA employee dies after medical emergency at O'Hare Blue Line station
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CHICAGO (Sun-Times Media Wire) - A Chicago Transit Authority employee died Monday morning after experiencing a medical problem at a Northwest Side Blue Line station.
CTA spokesman Jon Kaplan said the employee suffered a medical emergency about 9:10 a.m. at the O’Hare terminal. He did not make contact with a train or the electrified third rail and power to the tracks was not cut.
First responders found 35-year-old Daniel Cruz unresponsive and tried to revive him with CPR and a defibrillator, Chicago police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said.
Cruz, who lived in west suburban Berwyn, was taken to Resurrection Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead at 9:38 a.m., authorities said. An autopsy Tuesday did not rule on the cause and manner of his death pending further investigation.
Police are conducting a death investigation.
Service was suspended between O’Hare and Rosemont while emergency crews responded, but normal train movement resumed with residual delays about 10 a.m., according to the transit agency.