Man killed by train in West Chatham

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A pedestrian was struck and killed by a train Saturday afternoon in West Chatham neighborhood on the South Side.

Officers found 38-year-old Derrick Sutton just before 1 p.m. on the tracks near the 8700 block of South Holland, according to police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

Sutton, whose home address was not known, was dead at the scene, according to the medical examiner’s office, which ruled his death an accident.

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