February 16, 2009
FROM STNGWIRE REPORTS
A 14-year-old Chicago boy was fatally struck by a train
Sunday night in south suburban Lansing.
Police responded to the area of the Canadian National
Railway tracks just after 7 p.m. for a report of a person stuck by a train,
according to a Lansing police release.
Responding officers learned the boy, identified as
Christopher Davis, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner's office, was
struck by an eastbound Amtrak train as he reportedly attempted to cross the
tracks with some friends before the train arrived.
The train, No. 850 from Chicago to Indianapolis, struck the
boy at 182nd Street and Torrence Avenue, according to Amtrak spokeswoman Vernae
Graham.
Davis, of 6750 S. May St., was pronounced dead on the scene
at 7:33 p.m., according to the medical examiner’s office.
The train, which had 119 people on board, was delayed for
two hours and 20 minutes, Graham said. There were no injuries to anyone on the
train.
An autopsy is scheduled for Monday and Lansing police are investigating the incident.