Video leaked to social media reveals a safety guard standing close to a lady who was fatally struck by a Red Line practice as she tried to choose up a dropped cellphone from the tracks.
The video reveals a guard stand on the platform with a canine as the lady appears to be like for her cellphone for about 20 seconds earlier than the practice hits her, in keeping with CBS2.
Felon Smith, 37, had climbed down from the platform about 12:40 p.m. on June 27 to retrieve her dropped cellphone on the 69th Street station, Chicago police and the Cook County medical expert’s workplace mentioned. She was struck by a practice and pronounced lifeless on the scene.
The Chicago Transit Authority discovered that the video of the loss of life was “inappropriately recorded from CTA’s video systems by what appears to be a cellphone camera,” CTA spokesman Brian Steele mentioned in an announcement.
The guard proven within the video was employed by AGB progressive safety options, a Chicago-based firm, Steele mentioned. A spokesperson with AGB was not out there Monday night for remark.
“Regarding the incident itself, CTA is also undertaking a thorough review, including interviews with employees and witnesses,” Steele mentioned.
Steele mentioned that anybody who leaked the video could be discharged and that “CTA will pursue all applicable criminal penalties.”