A daring escape attempt from a moving train on Chicago's West Side led to a woman's fall onto both the tracks and the street below Tuesday night. According to The Chicago Tribune, the woman, 35, plunged several feet from the CTA train into the unsuspecting bed of a pickup truck.
The incident, which occurred near 3100 West Lake Street in the East Garfield Park neighborhood, unfolded shortly before 8:45 p.m., with the woman trying to open the door of the in-motion train. After falling onto the tracks, she then fell another 15 to 20 feet, the truck broke her fall underneath, FOX 32 Chicago reported.
Chicago police explained that the woman sustained a fracture to her left leg. Responders transported her to Mount Sinai Hospital, where she was, despite the circumstances, listed in good condition.
The circumstances surrounding why the woman attempted to force the doors open remain unclear. After her perilous tumble, which started on the CTA Green Line train, first responders rushed to the scene, considering the extent of her accidental journey and the potential life-threatening implications following such an ordeal. She found herself in a fortunate stroke of misfortune, wherein the pickup truck served as an impromptu landing pad, police said.
