Metra Train Strikes Vehicle In NW Suburbs
A person who was in the vehicle was taken to a hospital in critical condition, police said.
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A person who was in the vehicle was taken to a hospital in critical condition, police said.
A Metra train on the Union Pacific North Line fatally struck a pedestrian Thursday near north suburban Highwood, causing extensive delays.
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No injuries were reported after a Metra Union Pacific Northwest Line train struck a car Friday afternoon in northwest suburban Park Ridge.
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Details on the pedestrian's condition were not immediately available.
The train was not moving when it derailed in the yard near Canal and Roosevelt about 9:30 a.m., according to a Metra spokeswoman.
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An Avondale neighborhood woman was fatally struck by a Metra train late Thursday on the Northwest Side.
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Outbound Union Pacific Northwest train No. 601 struck the person at 2:02 a.m. just south of the Woodstock station at 90 Church St.
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An inbound train, scheduled to arrive in Chicago at 6:38 a.m., struck a pedestrian about 6:15 a.m. between in La Grange.
All trains on Metra's Union Pacific Northwest line are stopped in the northwest suburbs after a train struck a pedestrian Thursday afternoon.
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