Oak Park police officers responded to a CTA train derail at the Green Line Harlem/Lake stop Saturday afternoon, according to the Village of Oak Park.
At approximately 3:01 p.m., on Sept. 26, a westbound CTA train came off its tracks, but remained upright, as it pulled into the stop near Marion Street, wrote the village spokesperson in an email.
Officers stationed at Oaktoberfest on Marion Street and North Boulevard observed the incident and the Oak Park Fire Department also responded to a small fire on the tracks.
All passengers were evacuated, and three people were taken to area hospitals by Oak Park Fire Department with non-life-threatening injuries.
Power was turned off for the officers to assess the situation, but the CTA has since resumed normal operations. According to the village, the cause of the derailment is still unknown.
The CTA shared an alert at 3:17 p.m., that Green Line trains were running with residual delays because of “earlier track conditions” and noted people should allow for extra travel time.
The Oak Park village board will vote on a resolution approving an Intergovernmental Cooperation Agreement between the Villages of River Forest, Forest Park and Rosemont to seek reimbursement from the CTA for first responder services at the Green and Blue lines at the Sept. 29 board meeting.