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Body found on Blue Line tracks in the Loop

(MCT) — Police have launched a death investigation after a CTA conductor discovered a mangled body on the Blue Line El tracks in the Loop early this morning.

The body was found about 1:45 a.m. near the platform of the LaSalle station in the 100 block of West Congress Parkway, Chicago Police News Affairs Officer Hector Alfaro said.

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