CTA Stroller Accident
According to reports, a stroller carrying a 1-year-old girl was stuck in the door of a CTA train yesterday as it left the Red Line’s Morse station. The girl reportedly remains in the hospital after falling onto the ground near the tracks. She was taken by ambulance to Children's Memorial Hospital.
According to witnesses, the mother and her child were attempting to board a southbound train when the train’s door closed on the stroller and the train began moving. According to police, the mother chased after the train as the stroller turned sideways and dragged the child causing her to hit her head on the platform multiple times. The child was reportedly ejected from the stroller and fell to the ground on the track bed.
The child reportedly did not fall onto the tracks, according to Police News Affairs John Mirabelli.
There are reported to be signals on the train that should activate in the event the train began moving with a door open.
