Extensive Delays For Metra BNSF Service After Amtrak Train Kills Person Near Berwyn
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CHICAGO (CBS) -- Metra BNSF service was halted for more than two hours Monday, after an Amtrak train hit and killed a person near Berwyn.
An Amtrak spokesperson said a train headed from Quincy, Illinois, to Chicago struck and killed a person who was trespassing on the tracks late Monday morning.
Metra Alert BNSF - Trains may be operating with extensive delays, pedestrian struck by an Amtrak train, one track is open and trains are beginning to move but movement past the incident site will be very slow
— Metra BNSF (@metraBNSF) June 10, 2019
Metra BNSF Railway trains were halted for more than two hours after the accident, but one track reopened around 1 p.m., allowing trains to begin moving again.
BNSF riders should expect extensive delays Monday afternoon.
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