Jul 1, 2009 4:21 pm US/Central
Autopsy: Death Of Man Struck By Train Accidental
CHICAGO (Sun-Times Media Wire) ―
The death of a man killed when he was apparently sucked under a Metra train and dragged Tuesday afternoon on the South Side was an accident, an autopsy Wednesday determined. Another man walking with him was critically injured.
It happened about 4 p.m. in the 7500 block of South Exchange Avenue as the two men were standing in a six-foot wide area between the northbound and southbound tracks in an unauthorized area, according to Chicago police Lt. Timothy Bickham.
There are gates to prevent pedestrians from entering the area, but the men apparently went past them, he said.
A Metra Electric train came by -- traveling about 8 mph -- and apparently sucked one man under the train. He was dragged for a distance and taken to the hospital, where he later died, according to the lieutenant.
He was identified as Ronald Lucas, 49, of 7610 S. Essex Ave., according to a Cook County Medical Examiner's office spokesman. He was pronounced dead at Jackson Park Hospital at 5:04 p.m. Tuesday.
A second person was taken in critical condition to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, a spokesperson for Fire Media Affairs said.
It was not clear whether the surviving man was hit by the train or pulled under it, but he fell and struck his head on a concrete barrier, according to Bickham, who said the incident was apparently an accident.
An autopsy Wednesday found Lucas died of multiple injuries from a train striking him and his death was ruled an accident, according to the medical examiner's office.
(Source: Sun-Times Media Wire © Chicago Sun-Times 2009. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)
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