AIR PASSENGER STUNG BY SCORPION
A passenger was stung by a scorpion on a plane bound for O’Hare Airport.
The passenger on Aeromexico Flight 682 from Mexico City International Airport was stung by a scorpion, according to Amilcar Olivares, a spokesman for Aeromexico Airlines.
The passenger was seen by paramedics upon arrival at O’Hare and showed “no adverse reaction to the sting,” according to the statement. The passenger left in “stable” condition.
A Chicago Fire Department spokesman confirmed that paramedics met the passenger at customs at 10: 50 p. m. after being notified of a passenger being bitten by a scorpion, but the person refused medical treatment.
Jordan Owen
Expect crowded S. Shore trains after derailment
Crowded South Shore Line commuter trains are expected Wednesday after a train derailed near Millennium Station in the Loop on Tuesday afternoon, bringing the service to a halt.
Regular service was restored on the line by 8 p. m. Tuesday, according to the Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District, which operates the South Shore line.
Regular morning rush hour service was expected for Wednesday, but with a reduced number of cars on each train, the transit agency said. Crews were expected to work through the night to clear the derailment, with 18 cars still “trapped” at Millennium Station late Tuesday, the transit agency said.
Service on the line was suspended after the “lowspeed derailment” of a westbound train about 2: 14 p. m. Tuesday, authorities said.
Jeff Mayes
1 killed, 1wounded playing basketball in Englewood
A man was fatally shot and another critically wounded Tuesday afternoon in an Englewood drive- by shooting on the South Side, Chicago Police said.
The men were playing basketball around 3: 07 p. m. in the 5800 block of South Shields when a light- colored Chevrolet Impala drove up and someone in the back seat opened fire, police said.
A 27- year- old man died, police said. A 30- year- old man was in critical condition.
Francesca Gattuso
Des Plaines settles with Muslim group
Des Plaines has agreed to pay a Muslim group $ 580,000 to settle a lawsuit claiming aldermen wrongfully denied a request to open a mosque in the city, officials said Tuesday.
The settlement with the Society of American Bosnians and Herzegovinians, a group including immigrants who fled war- torn Yugoslavia in the 1990s, comes after the city agreed to a separate settlement Monday with the U. S. Department of Justice.
Tony Peraica, who represented the group, said aldermen used concerns about parking and traffic as an excuse to deny the zoning change. In fact, he said, the city’s master plan called for the property to be zoned down to institutional or residential development.
“This is about human beings and their yearning to practice religion in their homeland,” Peraica said. “They’re proud to call America home.”
Billy Lyman, a representative for the city’s law firm, Holland and Knight, said Des Plaines is pleased to reach an amicable resolution.
Chacour Koop, Daily Herald
Girl, 2, drowns in pool
A 2- year- old girl drowned in a neighbor’s pool Monday in northwest Indiana.
The girl left her home in rural Jackson Township about 7: 30 a. m., walked to a neighbor’s unattended pool and fell in, according to Porter County sheriff’s police.
The girl was found by her mother not breathing, according to the sheriff’s office. EMS arrived, but she was unable to be revived.
Jordan Owen
SWAT takes person in custody in Logan Square
A person was in custody Tuesday night after Chicago Police surrounded a Logan Square store in connection with an earlier armed robbery on the Northwest Side.
SWAT officers were called about 4 p. m. to a building in the 3200 block of West Diversey, according to police.
FBI spokesman Garrett Croon said the suspect or suspects had robbed a “private store” in the day. Police said the earlier robbery occurred about 10: 45 a. m. in the 2700 block of North Milwaukee. The person was taken into custody about 7: 15 p. m.
Sun-Times Wire
Bicyclist struck and killed by car in E. Garfield Park
A 56- year- old bicyclist was fatally struck by a car Monday night on the West Side.
Louis Smith was riding a bicycle about 8: 35 p. m. northbound in the 100 block of North Homan when the bike swerved into a Chrysler 200 that was traveling south, according to Chicago Police. Smith was pronounced dead at Mount Sinai Hospital.
The female driver of the Chrysler was not injured, police said. No citations or charges had been filed.
Ashlee Rezin