CTA Brown Line service resumes after woman dies on tracks near Rockwell

CTA Brown Line service resumed with delays Friday after a woman died after touching an electrified rail at the Rockwell station in Ravenswood.

Brenda Ann Nibbs’s body was discovered about 2:30 a.m. on the tracks in the 4600 block of North Rockwell Street, Chicago police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said.

Autopsy results revealed she died by electrocution after her leg touched the third rail, the medical examiner’s office said. Her death was ruled accidental

She was not hit by a train and foul play is not suspected in her death, police said. It was not immediately clear how she got on the tracks.

About 3 a.m., the CTA announced that trains were standing near the Rockwell station, 4648 N. Rockwell St., because of a “medical emergency on the tracks.” Service on the line was later suspended, but resumed with residual delays shortly before 4:30 a.m.