How Chicago TV covered police train accident tragedy

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In addition to making national headlines, the death of two Chicago police officers hit and killed by a train while chasing a suspect received significant local news coverage on ABC 7 Eyewitness News, NBC 5 News, CBS 2 News and Fox 32 News.

#ABC7Chicago had team coverage of the deaths of two Chicago police officers throughout Tuesday evening pic.twitter.com/o36FkQyz0Q

— Chicago TV Critic (@ChicagoTVCritic) December 19, 2018

#CBSChicago offered team coverage of the police officers killed by a train under the banner 'Tragedy on the Tracks' that used a light blue photo background of the scene, Chicago flag star accents and a police shield with black ribbon pic.twitter.com/ecvDaUf2TI

— Chicago TV Critic (@ChicagoTVCritic) December 19, 2018

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Watch how #CBS2Chicago's @MeganHickeyCBS2 explained the sequence of events leading up to the deaths of two Chicago police officers using clocks and maps https://t.co/bOoz4sebYs pic.twitter.com/5ixQpMopvq

— Chicago TV Critic (@ChicagoTVCritic) December 19, 2018

#CBSChicago's director of digital content @dodgerman was on one of the trains involved in the accident that killed two police officers chasing a suspect — @IrikaSargent interviewed him as part of the station's team coverage pic.twitter.com/fvDUaUedNl

— Chicago TV Critic (@ChicagoTVCritic) December 19, 2018

In addition to a topical graphic behind anchors, #CBS2Chicago also used its #VideoWalls to show photos of the two officers killed by a train before tossing to two separate live reports on each one pic.twitter.com/PHFdLWX2fm

— Chicago TV Critic (@ChicagoTVCritic) December 19, 2018

#ABC7Chicago coverage of the Chicago police officers killed by a train. Some graphics used the image of a shield with black and blue ribbon. pic.twitter.com/VKbbl6nTkZ

— Chicago TV Critic (@ChicagoTVCritic) December 19, 2018

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After starting on a tight two shot, #Fox32Chicago used a variety of wide shots and #VideoWall graphics with 'A City in Mourning' headline, live toss and photos of the officers killed by a train Tuesday pic.twitter.com/weX3mHgldM

— Chicago TV Critic (@ChicagoTVCritic) December 19, 2018

#ABC7Chicago used its 'SkyMax' technology that overlays map data over aerial footage to illustrate the area where two Chicago police officers were killed by a train pic.twitter.com/y0zBtqGCHg

— Chicago TV Critic (@ChicagoTVCritic) December 19, 2018

#NBCChicago covered the Chicago police officers killed by a train Tuesday with photos of the officers and shield imagery pic.twitter.com/xY4TTECZOa

— Chicago TV Critic (@ChicagoTVCritic) December 19, 2018