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Police investigate role of CTA employee in Blue Line station death

Police investigate role of CTA employee in Blue Line station death
Police investigate role of CTA employee in Blue Line station death 00:34

CHICAGO (CBS) -- Chicago Police are investigating a death at a CTA Blue Line station. The transit agency is also looking into whether a CTA employee somehow played a role in that death. 

It happened around 4 a.m. Saturday at the LaSalle Street Station. 

Detectives say the victim, a 54-year-old man, was discovered unresponsive in a stairwell landing. He was pronounced dead at Northwestern Hospital a short time later. 

An autopsy is planned to determine the cause of death. 

Police are questioning one person. 

The CTA says it is working closely with police. 

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