Chicago Transit Authority worker injured during altercation at Red Line station
CHICAGO (CBS) – A Chicago Transit Authority employee was injured during an altercation with a male suspect at a Red Line station platform Saturday night.
Around 8 p.m., the 59-year-old CTA worker fell down the escalator and sustained a laceration to the right arm and a minor contusion to the head at the station in the 200 block of South State Street.
The suspect fled and was later arrested in the 0-100 block of North Dearborn.
Chicago police described the incident as an aggravated battery but did not specify what charges would be filed.
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