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Police and fire officials at the scene near Hastings and Wood streets under the Pink Line where a man’s body was found Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2017. Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
A man’s body was found outside under the CTA Pink Line elevated structure Tuesday afternoon on the Near West Side, police said.
The body of the man was found on the ground in the 1400 block of South Ashland Avenue just after 2 p.m., according to a police media notification. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
The man was identified as an 18-year-old from Freedom, N.Y., according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office. His name could not be confirmed with public records.
Police found the body in a weedy and grassy area under the CTA tracks at the west end of a Costco parking lot, near Hastings Street west of Ashland Avenue.
As an ambulance and fire truck left, a storm moved in, and the pouring rain sent officers to their cars.