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CTA Blue Line resumes service after unauthorized person on tracks

By Francesca Gattuso

Blue Line trains are now operating without delays after an unauthorized person was taken from the tracks near west suburban Oak Park.

The unidentified person was spotted on the tracks at 12:30 p.m. and transported to Oak Park Hospital for observation at 12:45 p.m., according to the CTA.

No injuries were reported.

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