Metra train hits car in Chicago's south suburbs
The Rock Island District Line was snagged after a Metra train hit a car in Robbins. Kris Habermehl reports from CBS Skywatch.
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The Rock Island District Line was snagged after a Metra train hit a car in Robbins. Kris Habermehl reports from CBS Skywatch.
Police believe the people involved in the crash may have been in an earlier conflict at a local bar.
The driver had to be extricated from the car and was taken to an area hospital with minor injuries.
The driver had to be extricated from the car and was taken to an area hospital with minor injuries, the Joliet Fire Department said.
Joliet police said just before 4:30 a.m., officers responded to the Shell gas station in the 400 block of South Larking Avenue after a man called 911 reporting someone pulled a gun on him and was attempting to kill him.
As Officers attempted to speak to him, he exhibited erratic behavior and was making irrational statements, sweated profusely, and repeatedly claimed that someone was trying to kill him, police said.
Police said Arties Titus, 26, of Joliet, was arrested, processed, and transported to the Will County Adult Detention Facility for domestic battery and a Will County warrant.
No injuries were reported, but traffic was moving only in the left lane of eastbound I-80 after the crash, Illinois State Police said.
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The Joliet Fire Department responded and took the victim to Ascension Saint Joseph Hospital with critical injuries, but later died.
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