Man dies after urinating on CTA tracks, falls on third rail
Chicago Sun-Times -
The death of an Indiana man who fell onto the
electrified third rail at a CTA Purple Line station in north suburban
Evanston Sunday was ruled an accident.
The man was on the CTA Purple Line South Station
platform at 601 South Blvd. in Evanston about 11 p.m. with two other
people when he came into contact with the third rail, according to CTA
spokeswoman Lambrini Lukidis.
Zachary McKee, 27, of the 4000 block of East 800
North in Ossian, Ind., was pronounced dead at Saint Francis Hospital in
Evanston at 11:52 p.m., according to the Cook County Medical Examiner’s
office.
